Followup on Coach Al B and others

[user1]

Al Biancalana's Elmhurst York is off to a great start!!
They won their own Thanksgiving Tournament, the 33rd Annual York
Thanksgiving Classic,
and are now 4-0

Here are their scores
York 67 - Vernon Hills 32
York 56 - Cicero Morton 50
York 54 - Niles North 48
York 56 - Hersey 38

Joey Paul and Chris Mroz both play for Missouri-St. Louis which goes to 4-0
with 4 straight wins.

Joey has games of 2pt-3rbs, 7pt-1reb, 8pt-2reb, 5pt-3reb.
Joey is averaging 5.5ppg.
Chris has games of 11pt-2reb, 12pt-4reb, 2pt-3reb, 11pt-0reb.
Chris is averaging 11.5ppg.
Their next two games are against perennial national powerhouses Kentucky
Wesleyan and Southern Indiana.

[user1]

Lance Stemler and SWIC took their 3-2 record into McKendree 11/21, & Three
Rivers Comm. College Monday night.

The game against McKendree was against their "JV", as McKendree is a four year school, and SWIC won, but Lance did not play. He is recovering from an injury in the previous game where he had to leave before halftime and get stitched up for a large gash on his forehead.

Then last night SWIC beat Three Rivers Community College of Poplar Bluff, MO, (who was previously 8-0)
78-72, with Stemler's team hot on 3-pointers, hitting 11-24.
I don't have any individual statistics, and don't know if Lance played.

Stemler's team is now 5-2.

[BradleyBrave]

Who ever thought Chris Mroz would end up being a better college player than Joey Paul? Wow.

[user1]

Lance Stemler and SWIC took their 3-2 record into McKendree 11/21, & Three
Rivers Comm. College Monday night.

The game against McKendree was against their "JV", as McKendree is a four year school, and SWIC won, but Lance did not play. He is recovering from an injury in the previous game where he had to leave before halftime and get stitched up for a large gash on his forehead.

Then last night SWIC beat Three Rivers Community College of Poplar Bluff, MO, (who was previously 8-0)
78-72, with Stemler's team hot on 3-pointers, hitting 11-24.
I don't have any individual statistics, and don't know if Lance played.

Stemler's team is now 5-2.

Stemler's team (SWIC) moves to 6-2 with a big win over Lindenwood Saturday, 93-57.
In the above noted game against Three Rivers, Lance did bounce back & play, and was 6-11 on 3-pointers and had 29 points, and followed that with a 28 point performance.
Lance is averaging over 21 points per game, and 50% on 3-pointer.
(I hope JL is still recruiting Lance!!)

[edmondo15]

I doubt LS would come back to the Hilltop even if Les recruited him. He had the same skills last season and he never got a chance to prove himself. LS is a big-time 3 point shooter with in a big frame. Somebody is going to get a steal with him, it just won't be at BU.

[night shift]

I wouldn't say he got no chance to play. He did get into 12 games. But he didn't do anything to deserve more time, either. He only shot 8% on 3 pointers last year, and the ones I remember were wide open ones. He obviously needed more time to adjust to Div I, but wasn't going to get much more time this year with so many seniors and juniors.

[user1]

For those who want to keep tabs on Coach Al Biancalana,
his Elmhurst York team won again over the weekend, going to 5-0 with a 20 point blowout win over West Chicago.
In 5 games thus far their average margin of victory has been 17 points.

[BradleyBrave]

For those who want to keep tabs on Coach Al Biancalana,
his Elmhurst York team won again over the weekend, going to 5-0 with a 20 point blowout win over West Chicago.
In 5 games thus far their average margin of victory has been 17 points.

Great news for Al B! Keep it up!

[beamer1]

And he's doing it in a "rebuilding year"

[chitownBUB]

Is he on a 5-year plan?

[AB99]

One possible high school matchup to watch for is in the Proviso West Holiday Tournament that starts right after Christmas.
On Dec. 27, Peoria Central plays against Proviso West, in a bracket that could result in a next day matchup of central vs. Glenbrook North & Jon Scheyer.

[chitownBUB]

Here's a Trib article on Coach Al B and his team.
They were not expected to be that good this year, and are 8-0 beating everyone, including teams that they haven't been able to beat in years. Way to go Coach Al.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-051216york,0,7466128.story?coll=cs-highschool-headlines

[BradleyBrave]

Here's a Trib article on Coach Al B and his team.
They were not expected to be that good this year, and are 8-0 beating everyone, including teams that they haven't been able to beat in years. Way to go Coach Al.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...hool-headlines

Great to hear Al B having success. Congrats!

[beamer1]

Here's a Trib article on Coach Al B and his team.
They were not expected to be that good this year, and are 8-0 beating everyone, including teams that they haven't been able to beat in years. Way to go Coach Al.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...hool-headlines

Coach Al B's team just won at Oak Park, and the late Trib edition had some pics, and they are online.
None of the pics show Coach Al, but here's one that at first showed him in the background.
The York player, Patrick Kenny (in green), is a 5'10" junior guard at Elmhurst York.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2005-12/21008778.jpg

[user1]

Stemler's team (SWIC) moves to 6-2 with a big win over Lindenwood Saturday, 93-57.
In the above noted game against Three Rivers, Lance did bounce back & play, and was 6-11 on 3-pointers and had 29 points, and followed that with a 28 point performance.
Lance is averaging over 21 points per game, and 50% on 3-pointer.
(I hope JL is still recruiting Lance!!)

Lance's team (Southwest Illinois College) is off until January,
but is presently 9-2 and Lance is averaging 23ppg, and almost 6 rebs.
He is hitting on 50% of 3's (24/48 ) and over 60% of all his 2 pointers (58/96)

Lance is the 10th highest scoring Division I junior college player in the nation:

http://www.njcaa.org/sports.cfm?sid=4&divid=1&gender=m&slid=2&menu=3

He is also among the leaders in 3-point pct:

http://www.njcaa.org/sports.cfm?menu=3&sid=4&stat_type=i&gender=m&divid=1&slid=2&seasonselect=316&report_id=812&requesttimeout=500