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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Aug 25, 2012 7:50:13 GMT -6
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Sept 5, 2012 13:27:39 GMT -6
The full schedule is out. www.uwmpanthers.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/090512aaa.html"We are really excited for the challenge," Rechlicz said. "It's a great schedule to show us where we are at before we head into conference play. With all of the teams that were in the postseason last year, it will show our players the level that we need to play at in order to be a postseason team as well. And, by the time we hit league play, we will be prepared."
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Post by skrapheap on Sept 5, 2012 15:06:27 GMT -6
Sandy Botham always said the same thing about the non-league schedules she and her staff put-together.
For a number of years, playing a challenging non-league schedule seemed to work. For the past several years, not so much.
How this team, under a new coaching staff, does this year will tell me something important about where the program is headed. If playing a tough non-league schedule seems to toughen the team for league play, then the program will have made a significant step forward in Coach Rechliz's first season.
i met her and her staff at one of the home volleyball matches last week, and she seems to be pretty personable. The staff seems to be itching to begin individual workouts with players as soon as NCAA rules allow, and then the full team practices in October.
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Post by skrapheap on Sept 21, 2012 8:40:37 GMT -6
The roster is posted: www.uwmpanthers.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/wiml-w-baskbl-mtt.html
Three departures, from last year: Alex Klawitter, Kiki Wilson and Courtney Lindfors. Klawitter graduated; Lindfors transferred to Loyola. I don't know where Wilson went.
That's not too bad considering the late coaching change.
In place of Lindfors, the Panthers get Danielle Jorgenson back. Jorgenson sat out last year after transferring back from UW-River Falls. She has a decent jump-shot, so she isn't strictly a low-post player. Had 22 blocks in her sophomore season, so she can add that to the defense.
There are five freshman coming in, four of whom were recruited by Sandy Botham's staff:
- Two guards: Princess German (Gary IN Bowman) and Sydney Howard (Milwaukee Vincent)
- One forward: Avyanna Young (Milwaukee King, 2012 WIAA D1 Runner-up)
- One guard/forward: Jordyn Swan, (Pewaukee, recruited late by Coach Rechliz after being released from a scholarship after a coaching change elsewhere)
- One center: Jessica Prince (Gurnee, IL)
Prince is 6'3", so the Panthers will have two centers at that height. This helps explain why the Panthers were willing to allow Lindfors to transfer to an HL foe.
So, once again, this will be a very young team. They do have some good, experienced players to step into leadership roles, but all the players will be getting used to a coaching staff that is new to them, with the exception of Jess Wilhite.
The non-league schedule is challenging, but it will be interesting to see how quickly the squad adjusts to each other and a new coaching style.
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Post by skrapheap on Oct 9, 2012 13:21:19 GMT -6
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Lutzow10
Freshman
MILWAUKEE PROUD - PANTHER STRONG
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Post by Lutzow10 on Oct 9, 2012 15:14:14 GMT -6
I thought it was 6th. At least thats what horizon league hoops tweeted
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Post by mrjamesscott on Oct 10, 2012 13:47:01 GMT -6
i dont think the women's basketball team will be as good as we may expect. they're really good and very balanced but they are too young. with only 6 players with more than 2 years experience (3 seniors, 3 juniors), and 9 underclassmen (4 sophomores and 5 freshmen) i think next year is really going to be the year this team really break outs and contends for the HL title. Also both potential starting point guards are freshman and we see how well that turned out for Kiki last season.
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Post by skrapheap on Oct 13, 2012 12:59:21 GMT -6
i dont think the women's basketball team will be as good as we may expect. they're really good and very balanced but they are too young. with only 6 players with more than 2 years experience (3 seniors, 3 juniors), and 9 underclassmen (4 sophomores and 5 freshmen) i think next year is really going to be the year this team really break outs and contends for the HL title. Also both potential starting point guards are freshman and we see how well that turned out for Kiki last season. The Panthers have been young for the past several years. They've got some good players with experience, but not a lot of experience. i think finishing seventh of nine teams (as predicted in the HL poll) is about what we should expect. The real keys will be how long it takes this squad to learn to play with each other, and how they respond to a coaching staff who, with one exception, is all new.
The Panthers will take their lumps in the first start of the season, as they are playing a challenging non-league schedule. If the adjustments to new players and new coaches proceed as i expect, the league season will be interesting. Equaling last season's league win total (five wins) is my minimum expectation. Exceeding that total would be a step up. A .500 league record would be a huge step up. Anything more than .500 would be amazing.
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Post by mrjamesscott on Oct 17, 2012 14:29:27 GMT -6
does anyone know who we're actively recruiting?
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Post by skrapheap on Oct 18, 2012 7:48:29 GMT -6
Discussion of recruiting for sports other than men's basketball on this board is pretty limited. Mostly, i suspect, this is because the people who know most about recruiting for soccer, volleyball, or women's basketball are either not reading the board, or not frequent posters.
i am a fan, but not in contact with the women's basketball program enough to know about recruiting efforts. As a result, i know only about signings, and that only after they are official.
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Post by skrapheap on Nov 9, 2012 19:24:08 GMT -6
After an easy win in the exhibition game with Hillsdale College, the Panthers traveled to Chicago to play the Chicago State Cougars.
It's an up-tempo game at first. The Panthers led 20-17 after the first eight minutes of the first half. The teams traded the lead repeatedly. The Panthers led 35-32 with five minutes left. The Panthers didn't shoot a high percentage generally or from long distance, but they opened a 5 point lead toward the end of the half. The Panthers were helped by the Cougars' aggressiveness: the Cougars committed twelve fouls to the Panthers' six. The Panthers were up 41-36 at halftime. Angela Rodriguez led the way with 13 points.
The second half started slowly. The Panthers put up five quick points on the Cougars in the first minute and ten seconds, and then did not score again for more than four minutes. Fortunately, the Cougars managed only one point over that span. A Panther run pushed the lead to 51-37 with just under 13 minutes left, and then to 57-37 with 11:30 left.
Thirteen fouls were called in the first 15 minutes of the second half, seven against the Panthers and six against the Cougars, slowing the pace considerably. With a minute and a half left, the foul tally was 11 against the Panthers and 8 against the Cougars. Janna Swopshire fouled out.
With a minute left, the Panthers had pushed the lead to 25 at 80-55. The final score was 82-58. ARod lead the way with 18; she was joined in double-figures by Sami Tucker with 11 and Emily Decorah with 10.
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Post by skrapheap on Nov 15, 2012 10:07:41 GMT -6
www.uwmpanthers.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/111412aaa.html
Three games into the season, a trend is beginning to emerge: if the Panthers score more than 80 points, they win. The more up-tempo style favored by Coach Rechliz and her staff is making itself felt.
The Chicago State win was easy. The Panthers took control in the latter stages of the first half, blew the game open in the first part of the second half, and won by 20+ points. The win last night was harder: Western Michigan never trailed by more than 12 points and had to lead down to two points late in the second half.
The loss to the Badgers was more of a half-court game than an up and down game, and the Panthers struggled to score; this is nothing new. The Panthers in their last several seasons, playing primarily a half-court game, often struggled to score.
The Panthers did their damage primarily from distance. The Panthers hit 13 three-pointers, shooting 72% from behind the line. A number of those threes were off transition, however. The three-point output was the second best, percentage wise, in school history.
Free-throw shooting was good, but not stellar. The Panthers did hit their free throws down the stretch of the second half though. Sammy Theut in particular, did good work, as Western Michigan was fouling at the end of the game. Theut hit her last six free throws to keep the lead where it was, and wound up finishing with 11 points as a result. She was joined in double figures in scoring by Ashley Green (20 points), Sami Tucker (18), Emily Decorah (15 on 5-6 from distance) and Angela Rodriguez (10).
Interior defense was a weakness. The Panthers were badly outscored in the paint. Part of the difference was poor shooting by the Panthers. The Broncos were packed in the lane defensively, contesting shots, and the Panthers looked like they were feeling the pressure and rushing shots. The Broncos hit a lot of layups.
The new scoreboards and video boards are very nice. They don't do as much with the video boards as i think they could. i understand that they can't run videos while the ball is in play, but it would be nice to have the boards in use more in time-outs and breaks. They did have the dance team on the video boards when they were performing.
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Post by skrapheap on Nov 26, 2012 1:37:12 GMT -6
The Panthers managed to split their two games at the San Juan Shootout, losing to Georgia Tech by nine but beating Eastern Kentucky by four; they finished the weekend with a 3-2 record.
The loss was similar to the Panthers' first loss, to UW, in that they competed well for a half before their larger, more talented opponent pulled away. The scoring margin against Tech was smaller, which is a positive, but that may reflect the difference in the level of competition.
The Panthers got much better scoring from their starters vs. Georgia Tech, but a big part of that difference is attributable to Ashley Green starting against Tech but coming off the bench vs. the Badgers. Green scored 19 of the Panthers' 39 bench points vs. the Badgers. Four of the five starters (including Green) finished in double figures against Tech; 53 of the Panthers' 57 points came from the starters. Overall, the Panthers have scored much lower totals in their losses than in their wins.
In the win against EKU, the Panthers demonstrated some resiliency. They gave up an early run and were down by 10 points. They responded with a run to take a lead themselves. The score was close the entire game, with several ties and lead changes, and the Panthers had to hit free throws to win. Their shooting percentage from the line was not great overall (14-24, for .583), but, needing to shoot well to pull out a win, Ashley Green and Angela Rodriguez hit six consecutive free throws.
Coach Rechliz's comments after the EKU game make it clear that she wants to see Angela Rodriguez become more aggressive in scoring. ARod is capable of making some great passes to feed her teammates for open shots, but the Coach wants to see ARod looking to score more.
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Post by skrapheap on Nov 26, 2012 13:31:09 GMT -6
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Post by skrapheap on Nov 28, 2012 11:19:22 GMT -6
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