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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Dec 15, 2016 8:19:17 GMT -6
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Post by skrapheap on Dec 17, 2016 20:41:02 GMT -6
That other Milwaukee school only beat Bucky by 6. We have to play a lot better than we did tonight, but MU is a very winnable game. So figure this out: Madison travels to Green Bay, overcomes a six point halftime lead (the way the Phoenix play defense, overcoming a six point lead is significant), and escape Green Bay with a one-point win. This is a Badger team that Milwaukee dominated and Marquette beat by six, as you point out. Green Bay handled Marquette in Milwaukee recently.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Dec 29, 2016 22:45:16 GMT -6
Milwaukee 51, Wright State 69. back Saturday at 2pm against NKU.
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Post by skrapheap on Dec 30, 2016 4:48:04 GMT -6
The Panthers played like a team that hadn't played in eleven days. The previous game, they played like a team that hadn't played in eight days.
It is to be hoped that the results will improve when they get back to playing more regularly.
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Post by skrapheap on Dec 31, 2016 16:35:47 GMT -6
The Panthers responded to their poor performance against Wright State Thursday night by beating Northern Kentucky 72-44 today.
The Panthers led wire to wire, and led by as many as 36 points. Five Panthers scored in double figures, led by Steph Kostowicz with 19 points. Jenny Lindner and Alexis Lindstrom had 12 points each, and Bailey Farley and Jordyn Swan had 10 each. Milwaukee finished the game shooting 44.8 percent and held NKU to 32.6 percent.
Kostowicz had her eighth double-double in 12 games for Milwaukee this season, and reached 500 rebounds for her career. Lindner scored in double figures for the 50th time in her career; Matt Menzel noted that Lindner has scored in double figures in two thirds of the games in which she has played. Both got a little closer to the 1,000 career point mark: Lindner is at 937 points and Kostowicz is now at 821 points.
The Panthers are 9-3 on the season and 1-1 in league play. Next week the Panthers are on the road at UIC and Valparaiso. These are games the Panthers should have a good chance of winning.
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Post by skrapheap on Jan 5, 2017 20:58:07 GMT -6
The Panthers started slowly against UIC tonight. UIC's customary aggressive defense gave the Panthers a hard time, as the Flames got both steals and blocked shots early. The Panthers also were not hitting the shots they were able to get off in the early going. UIC led Milwaukee 9-6 midway through the quarter. The lead reached five before the Panthers took the lead on a Sierra Ford-Washington three-point play, a fast break layup by Jenny Lindner, and a Ford-Washington long two-point shot. The Flames re-took the lead on a three-point play, and flurry of scoring in the last minute of the quarter left the score at 20-18 Milwaukee at the end of quarter one. Ford-Washington had 11 of Milwaukee's 20 points.
The Panthers took an early three point lead in quarter two. After a five point run by the Flames, the Panthers scored back to back three pointers to retake the lead. The score was 32-31 Milwaukee at the media timeout. The Panthers scored the next thirteen points after the timeout, six of them from Steph Kostowicz. The Flames were called for three fouls in the first quarter; to this point of the second quarter, they were called for seven. The Flames finally snapped the run with a three pointer to make the score 44-34 with 28 seconds left. Kostowicz closed out the quarter with two more free throws to give the Panthers a 46-34 lead at the half, and reached double figures with the second throw. Ford-Washington had 17 points at the half.
The Panthers started the third quarter on a 5-2 run to push the lead to 15, but both offenses bogged down from there, up to a UCI time-out with 7:22 left. The Panthers took another two minutes to score again, getting five points on a steal and layup from Lindner and at three pointer from Alexis Lindstrom. The teams traded three-pointers, the Panthers shot coming from Jamie Reit, who has made a habit of providing instant offense when she comes in, the last few games. The Flames countered with a four-point run of their own, but the Panthers pushed back. A Lindstrom three-pointer got the lead back to 18 at 64-46. The lead reached twenty again, but the Flames scored four straight, but the Panthers got the last score of the quarter, a put-back by Akayla Hayes to make the lead 70-52 at the end of three. By the end of the quarter, Lindstrom and Lindner had reached double figures.
The fourth quarter was fairly ragged, with the Panthers increasing their lead at the end to 23 at 88-65 on back to back three-pointers from Lizzie Odegard, who finished with nine points. Bailey Farley also finished with nine points, so the Panthers just missed having six players score in double figures.
The Panthers next play Saturday at Valparaiso, who lost to Green Bay tonight 75-36.
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Post by skrapheap on Jan 7, 2017 21:14:50 GMT -6
The Panthers took two quarters to get going against Valparaiso this afternoon, but they surged in the second half and won 85-74.
The Crusaders took control of the game early by scoring inside and playing good interior defense and rebounding. Only some great long distance shooting kept the Panthers close. The score was tied at 21-all after the first quarter. All of the Panthers points were scored on three-point shots, led by Lizzie Odegard's nine points.
Valparaiso kept up the pressure in the second quarter, outscoring Milwaukee by eight to take a 44-36 lead to halftime. That was eight more points than the Crusaders scored in the entire game against Green Bay. Steph Kostowicz, who sat out nearly the entire first quarter with two fouls, got untracked in the second quarter, but Valpo had an answer for the Panthers.
Apparently Coach Rechliz's halftime message was quite effective, along with the adjustments the staff made. Led by Kostowicz, the Panthers scored the first eight points of the third quarter quite quickly and tied the score at 44-all. The Panthers then took leads, but Valpo continued to fight hard, and tied the score again and again. The score was tied at 63-all after three quarters.
The Panthers finally took control of the game to start the fourth quarter, and coasted to the eleven point win.
Kostowicz finished with 29 points. Jenny Lindner and Alexis Lindstrom had 12 points each, and Odegard finished with 11.
Next up for the Panthers is a three-game home stand. The first two games are against Oakland (Wednesday night) and Detroit (Friday night). Both Michigan teams have been putting up high scores so far this season, so the Panthers will need to play their best defense. The final game of the home stand will be a week from Tuesday with UIC, whom the Panthers handled last Thursday night. UIC hung tough with Green Bay for three quarters on Saturday.
After the home stand, the Panthers go on the road for five games, starting with a trip to Green Bay. Return games with Oakland and Detroit are part of the trip as well.
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Post by skrapheap on Jan 11, 2017 20:53:47 GMT -6
The Panthers game with the Oakland Golden Grizzlies started slowly. Neither team shot well, and steals and fouls kept both teams from going on long runs. The Panthers led 11-10
Milwaukee picked up the pace some to begin quarter two scoring ten quick points to go up 21-14, prompting an Oakland time-out. When play resumed, the Grizzlies scored the next seven points to tie the score. From there, the Panthers reopened a 30-25 lead on Alexis Lindstrom's second three-point make. Play got ragged as the quarter ended, and the lead was cut to 30-29 when the halftime buzzer sounded. Lindstrom led all scorers at half with nine points, followed by Jenny Lindner wirh eight, Sierra Ford-Washington with seven and Steph Kostowicz with four. Oakland took an early first quarter, but the Panthers quickly took a lead, and though the Grizzlies tied the score a few times, the Panthers led for most of the half.
A quick Oakland basket gave the Grizzlies a short-lived one point lead, but the Panthers quickly regained the lead. Oakland pulled into a tie at 36-all, but the Panthers scored the next seven points, the last three from Bailey Farley, and Oakland took another time-out. Once again, Oakland pulled into tie. Close play continued to the end of the quarter, with Oakland scoring a last second layup to take a 51-50 lead, as a rare free-throw miss kept the Panthers from getting to 51 points.
Oakland continued their momentum to begin quarter four, opening a 58-50 lead in the first two minutes, and Milwaukee took a time-out. It was the Panthers to reel in the Grizzlies. The Panthers scored the next nine points, Iakland retiok a one point lead and Lindstrom hit another three to give the Panthers a 62-60 lead, which two Oakland three-pointers erased. The lead grew to 68-62, and the Panthers the scored five before Oakland pushed the lead to 70-67. The Panthers started fpuling with less than a minite left, as Oakland is near the bottom of the league in free throws. A Lindner and-one made the score 72-70, but the Grizzlies hit two from the line. A Kostowicz three-pointer cut the lead to 74-73 with 13.6 seconds left. The next Panther foul took Ford-Washington out of the game, but the Grizzlies missed one free throw, giving the Panthers a chance to tie or win, but the Panthers could not hit a last-second shot, giving Oakland a 75-73 win.
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Post by skrapheap on Jan 13, 2017 20:21:34 GMT -6
The Panthers had about a day and a half (rather than two full days) to bounce back from a tough loss Wednesday night to Oakland, as they played their annual School Day game with Detroit Mercy. About 2000 of the 2416 reported attendance were elementary school students.
The first quarter started slowly and picked up pace from there. About two and one half minutes in, the Panthers had a 3-2 lead. The Titans took a lead, and slowly built a lead to seven points at 16-9, only to see the Panthers pull back into a tie at 19-all with six seconds left in the quarter. The Titans raced down the court and got a two-pointer at the buzzer to lead 21-19.
The second quarter featured more back and forth play, with the Titans outscoring the Panthers 16-15 to take a 37-34 lead into the break. Detroit led by three on three separate occasions in the quarter, and the Panthers managed to tie the score three times. The last tie, at 34-all, came a three-pointer from Jenny Lindner, which took her to 1,000 career points. Lindner led all scorers at the half with 13 points.
Another Lindner three-pointer tied the game to start the third quarter. A Bailey Farley put-back retied the score at 39-all. Detroit got four points on consecutive baskets, but the Panthers countered with six points to take a two point lead, which Detroit erased with a three-pointer. The lead switched hands twice more in the quarter, when Lindner scored the last four points of the quarter to give the Panthers a 52-50 lead.
The Titans re-took the lead with a three-pointer to start the fourth quarter and a layup, but missed the and-one free throw, but the Panthers re-tied the score on a Alexis Lindstrom three-pointer. The Titans retook a four-point lead, which the Panthers reduced to one point. and then tied on a Sierra Ford-Washington jumper. Lizzie Odegard hit the next seven points, on a jumper from the top of the key which gave the Panthers the lead for good, a three-pointer to push the lead to five and force a Titan time-out, and a put-back with just less than three minutes left to make the lead 68-61. Another Lindstrom three-pointer pushed the lead to 11 and forced another Detroit time-out. From there, Detroit had to resort to fouling, and though the Titans hit a couple of three pointers in the remaining time, Milwaukee went 8-8 from the free through line to secure a 81-69 victory.
Lindner finished with 20 points, Farley with 17 (3-6 from distance, 4-4 from the free-throw line), Ford-Washington had 16, and Odegard had 13. Steph Kostowicz, hampered with four personal fouls, managed only three points and three rebounds. The Panthers won the game on the boards (47-22, more than doubling the Titans) and the free throw line (19-21, compared to 6-17 for Detroit).
The Panthers next game is the last of this three-game home stand, featuring UIC next Tuesday night, after which the Panthers start a five game road swing in Green Bay the following Saturday.
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Post by MKEPanthers45 on Jan 17, 2017 22:10:09 GMT -6
Girls dominated another one. Please get out and watch this team if you haven't already.
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Post by skrapheap on Jan 18, 2017 7:46:35 GMT -6
It will be awhile before they play at home again.
Their next five games are on the road, starting Saturday at 1:00 pm at Green Bay. The game will be broadcast on cable.
This will be a challenge. Green Bay is Green Bay, only a lttle more so. The Wright State team that came into Klotsche and beat Milwaukee went up to Green Bay and lost by 20. Detroit (second in the preseason poll), whom the Panthers beat, gave Green Bay a battle before losing by five, but Oakland, who had won two straight conference games in the Kress Center, got crushed this season.
The Panthers playing at their best can beat the Phoenix, but it will take their best. Green Bay's only losses this season are to two very good teams.
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Post by PantherU on Jan 18, 2017 12:15:18 GMT -6
Girls dominated another one. Please get out and watch this team if you haven't already.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jan 21, 2017 9:02:30 GMT -6
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Post by PantherU on Jan 25, 2017 10:46:47 GMT -6
That was brutal to watch. All you can say is what Kyle said on Facebook - remind yourself the season is a marathon, not a sprint.
It's gonna be hell trying to figure out a way to overtake that program, though. I don't see it changing unless Borseth's eventual replacement is a total failure.
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Post by skrapheap on Jan 26, 2017 23:17:52 GMT -6
...It's gonna be hell trying to figure out a way to overtake that program, though. I don't see it changing unless Borseth's eventual replacement is a total failure. Yup. See under "Bollant, Matt." I was almost glad to see Borseth come back, as Bollant's Phoenix teams seemed to run up the score more than Borseth's teams did Actually, the two coaches are a lot alike: they have a clear idea of the kind of basketball they want to play: relentless defense all game every game. It's testimony to their skill as coaches that their teams have come closer to their ideal than any other HL program for nearly 20 years. Green Bay's long record of success means that they are able to recruit quality players, which helps perpetuate the success. And this year's team is, so far, one of the better Phoenix teams during that run. One of their two losses was to Notre Dame, currently ranked ninth in the national poll. The Phoenix are 24th or 25th in the polls. The other loss was a one-point loss to Wisconsin, which proves that the Phoenix players are, in fact, human. Kyle Rechlicz has the Milwaukee program heading in the right direction, but it will take a long time to build up a program that can challenge Green Bay consistently.
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