WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[GoPerry]

Wheaton over Alma 72-61

Hannah Frazier  25 pts, 11 rebs, 2 blocks  (Tourney MVP)
Hannah Swider  14 pts, 3-5 3FG  (All Tourney)
Jill Berg            10 rebs, 7 blks
Jordan Myroth    8 pts, 6 reb, 4 asst

Stasha Warchock  17 pts 6 rebs
Hannah Thelen   13 pts, 4 reb (All Tourney)
Emily Long          11 pts, 10 rebs

This was a pretty tight game for 3 quarters as the Fighting Scots shot the ball very well and played pretty solid defense.  After 3 quarters Alma led by 1 but then the Hannahs of Frazier and Swider took over the 4th quarter scoring with 11 and 9 respectively.  This contributed to a 25-13 tally in the final 10 mins for Wheaton to put it out of reach.

Alma looked pretty decent to me and should hold their own in a competitive MIAA.  This was not an easy game at all for Wheaton but they're games that Wheaton needs to keep winning.  Chicago on Wednesday night is another one.

[Gregory Sager]

North Park 72
Beloit 40

The Vikings ran out to a 23-3 lead at the end of the first quarter, and from then on it was basically a matter of Amanda Crockett meting out playing time to everybody. No Viking was on the floor for more than 16 minutes. All 17 NPU players who dressed got into the game, with 14 of them seeing double-digit minutes and 13 of them scoring.

[iwu70]

IWU won their second game up in Wisconsin too -- now 4-0.  More balanced scoring this time, with Shanks leading the way.  Four starters in double figures.  Great pressure defense again.

Great start to the season.  I'll leave the details to others.  I'm a bit pre-occupied for events, developments in Hong Kong just now.  Pardon the distraction.

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

If you're going there this winter, stay safe, Mark.

[iwu70]

Thanks, Greg.  Yes, returning in a few days.  My campus was until recently under police siege.  Things seem to have eased, calmed a bit now.  Enjoy the season.  As usual, I'll be following along, with great interest, from afar.

'70  -- again to the Far Side. 

[Gregory Sager]

North Park 72
Coe 47

Jayla Johnson: 12 pts, 6 rebs
Angelina Villasin: 12 pts
Emily Czujahewski: 10 pts

Vikings cruise to another easy win as they take the NPU Tip-Off Invite title and improve to 2-0.

[RogK]

additional notes from the CCIW weekend :
Dubuque 80, NCC 75: Alanna Newsome 22 pts; Allison Pearson 18 pts (3/4 2FG, 2/6 3FG, 6/7 FT), 5 steals, 8 TO, 6 assists = a net positive.
Lawrence 79-72 over Carroll : Sierra Grubor 21 pts in 25:00.
IWU 60-44 over Calvin : Kendall Sosa 14 pts, 13 rebs, 4 stls; Sydney Shanks 16 pts, 6 assists, 4 stls.
Cornell College 58-47 over Carthage : Autumn Kalis 21 pts via 18 FG att; everyone else shot poorly except Amanda Larson (2/3 FG, 4/6 FT).
Washington U StL 75, Augie 64 : Gabriela Loiz (15 pts from good shooting - 6/10 FG 3/3 FT); Mia Lambert 15pts; Alexis Jones 17 pts, 8 rebs, 5 stls.
Millikin 68, MSOE 51 : Abby Ratsch 15 rebs, 5 assists; Jordan Hildebrand 20 pts, 7 rebs

[RogK]

Saw the NP tourney in which NP had no trouble with Beloit yesterday and today topped Coe as Greg explained. I was impressed by the substantial vigor with which North Park has started the season. They're getting positive contributions from practically the whole roster.
Coe played very well Saturday to defeat Spalding, but couldn't accomplish a lot vs NP.
Beloit played better today, but Spalding did enough to win.
Best wishes to Coe senior Marci Wolters who suffered what looked like a bad knee injury, definitely painful. Hopefully she can return to action later this season.

[Gregory Sager]

Wish I was there, Rog, but NPU's soccer team won on Saturday, so I had to call today's soccer match and miss the women's basketball team again.

And now, as it turns out, not only is NPU's soccer team in the Sweet Sixteen, but they're hosting one of the four sectionals -- and, because Calvin is one of the four teams in the NPU sectional and the Knights won't play on Sundays, the sectional will be held Friday/Saturday -- and the NPU Thanksgiving Tournament is next Friday/Saturday as well. So I'll have to miss calling the women's hoops games for the second weekend in a row. (I'm sure that they understand.)

Sooner or later, I will be in the gym to call NPU women's basketball. I promise.

[RogK]

recent assistant coach at Wheaton and North Central, Doug Porter has a new head coaching gig back in the NAIA :
https://www.bupilots.com/sport/womens-basketball/2019-20/coach
this Bethel is in Mishawaka Indiana

[RogK]

Congrats to new CCIW Player of the Week : Kendall Sosa !

[iwu70]

Congrats to Kendall Sosa!  What a great start to the season for her.  Keep going.  IWU on a good run so far.

Lots of interesting action by CCIW teams so far, too.

'70

[RogK]

iwu70, your Titans looked very good in the game I saw at the U of Chicago. Most of the time, they had four players (including Lansford) on the floor who are adept dribblers. Add to them a good passer in Brovelli, and the Titans move the ball very effectively.
I think you predicted that Lansford would be a helpful part of this year's team. From what I saw, she fits the role well.
By the way, I just noticed here
https://cciw.org/stats.aspx?path=wbball&year=2019
that within team stats, you can click on a school name to get to the player stats for that team. ... looking again, I note the absence of Turnovers for the players

[iwu70]

Yes, RogK, the starting five for IWU are pretty solid, and Sam Munroe has great speed and ball-handling abilities.  Hope she finds her shot from three and then the TITANS will be truly dangerous overall.  Tough part will be rebounding, if Brovelli gets into foul trouble and not much bench depth.  Several of the others need to develop and contribute, esp. Bowen, Eck (now injured) and a few of the freshmen.  It's come together faster than I thought it would, early on.  A great start -- Shanks and Sosa really playing well, Brovelli averaging a double double.  Good stuff so far.  I see they are now ranked #18 by one current poll. 

'70

[shepherd]

Wheaton video link goes to youtube but there is no video there.
Livestream says it has the game but it loops for 5 minutes with Hannah Williams first three pointer which I watched 3 times in a row.?

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Ten minutes later link goes to livestream but is now off the air.
Now its on but halftime.
Thanks