Quote from: Wooster Booster on November 27, 2010, 11:34:59 PM
Ok, see that paragraph just up above?  The one utilizing the shoddy research?  Turns out that MSOE might be a bonafide powerhouse, with wins over the Wisconsins - Eau Claire and Oskosh, by gosh! 

WIAC preseason poll...

http://www.wiacsports.com/news/2010/11/4/MBB_1104104452.aspx

(Eau Claire picked 7th...Oshkosh last.)

Quote from: Titan Q on November 28, 2010, 10:03:04 AM

(Eau Claire picked 7th...Oshkosh last.)

I am therefore reinstating my original prediction.  Wooster by 15-20.

Wittenberg and Rochester are tied at 30 at the half.  Clayton Black has 14 points while Chris Sullivan was held to just three.

At the Half:  Carnegie Mellon 38  Wooster 33

Wooster played a sloppy first half (5 turnovers) and did not shoot the ball well while CMU shot 53% from the floor.

Carnegie Mellon is being led by Christian Manoli with 12 points and Matthew Pettit with 9 points.

Wooster is being led by Ian Franks with 10 points and Justin Hallowell with 6 points.

Both games are barn-burners:
Wittenberg leads Rochester by 3 with 4 minutes left.
Wooster trails CMU by 3 with about 10 minutes left.

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Wittenberg gets a trey from Chris Sullivan (17 pts.) with 4:09 left to go up by three, then fails to score again, as Rochester ends the game on an 8-0 run to take the 62-57 victory.  Clayton Black had 18 points and 11 boards.

Final:  Wooster 71  Carnegie Mellon 68

Whew! ...Wooster pulled this victory out in the last 3 minutes of the game as CMU led 60 to 57 with 4 minutes left.

Scots were led by Ian Franks with 21 points, Justin Hallowell with 14 points and Bryan Wickliffe with 11 points.

CMU's top scorers were John Duhring with 16 points, Christian Manoli with 15 points and Matthew Pettit with 11 points.

Wooster only shot 44%.  They also had 9 turnovers compared to only 5 for CMU.  Key stat was that Wooster won the battle of the boards by a 41 to 26 count!

Wooster is now 4-0    Next game is at home vs. Hiram on 12/1 in the conference opener.

GO SCOTS!

Quote from: Wooster Booster on November 28, 2010, 10:35:39 AM

Quote from: Titan Q on November 28, 2010, 10:03:04 AM

(Eau Claire picked 7th...Oshkosh last.)

I am therefore reinstating my original prediction.  Wooster by 15-20.

I should have bet you a "C" note...

Quote from: wooscotsfan on November 28, 2010, 04:50:41 PM
Final:  Wooster 71  Carnegie Mellon 68

Whew! ...Wooster pulled this victory out in the last 3 minutes of the game as CMU led 60 to 57 with 4 minutes left.

Scots were led by Ian Franks with 21 points, Justin Hallowell with 14 points and Bryan Wickliffe with 11 points.

CMU's top scorers were John Duhring with 16 points, Christian Manoli with 15 points and Matthew Pettit with 11 points.

Wooster is now 4-0    Next game is at home vs. Hiram on 12/1 in the conference opener.

GO SCOTS!

It was actually an 8 point CMU lead with just over 5 to play and CMU had the ball.  Not the prettiest of wins, but the finish was pretty darn good.  Wooster's defense didn't show up in the first half, but they sure did a much better job in the second half and especially in the last 5 minutes of the game! 

In the end, the W is all that matters!  Much better getting an ugly win than having a crucial in-region loss come back to haunt you later in the season!

One nice result of the Carnegie Mellon tourney was that Wooster picked up 2 more wins on their In-Region record which could be important at the end of the season when NCAA tourney selection occurs.

On the post game radio show, Coach Doug Cline noted Wooster's strong defensive effort in the 2nd half which was a big improvement over their sloppy first half.

Note 5to Pat:

I believe that I've come across a 5bug in the forum 0software.  As you can 0see, extraneous random "5's" and "0's" are appearing before 0some of my words.  No big deal, really, 5but this did cause my Wooster-CMU 5prediction to appear incorrectly.  Clearly I meant to 0say that Wooster would win, 0going away, by 1-2 0points, in a close game.

On second 0thought, as this issue seems to be 5only effecting me, perhaps it's a problem with my keyboard.  I'll 0look into it...

NCAC In-Region Records:

Wabash 4-0
Wooster 3-0
Kenyon 3-1
Denison 3-2
Hiram 2-2
Witt 1-2
Gheny 1-2
Oberlin 1-2
OWU 0-3 (losing 4th now to Depauw)

NCAC Conference In-Region Record is now 18-14 which is a good sign for the conference!

DePauw tops OWU 62-49.  This game was closer than the score indicates.  OWU was as close as 1 fairly late in the game (like, maybe the 7 or 8 minute mark) but it slipped away from them.  Free throws made up a lot of the final margin.  Tim Brady led the Bishops with 19.

Capital drops Kenyon 68-57.  I don't have the stats, as the "live stats" died early in the first half (note to Stretch Internet--your "Game Central" package sucks rocks), but I believe Kodey Haddox led the Lords with 18.

Hiram at B-WC about to tip.  Here's a link to live audio that I left out of my previous post.

Quote from: wooscotsfan on November 28, 2010, 05:24:22 PM
NCAC In-Region Records:

Wabash 4-0
Wooster 3-0
Kenyon 3-1
Denison 3-2
Hiram 2-2
Witt 1-2
Gheny 1-2
Oberlin 1-2
OWU 0-3 (losing 4th now to Depauw)

NCAC Conference In-Region Record is now 18-14 which is a good sign for the conference!

WOW!  If you would have told me prior to the season that Denison and Kenyon would have a combined record of 6-3 in region and Witt and OWU would be a combined 1-6 out of the blocks I probably would have asked what you've been smoking... 

This is Hiram basketball:

03:19   HIRM   MISSED FT SHOT by Chris Meyer
       REBOUND (OFF) by Deon Milton
03:16   HIRM   MISSED LAYUP by Deon Milton
       REBOUND (OFF) by Steve Zivoder
03:13   HIRM   MISSED LAYUP by Steve Zivoder
       REBOUND (OFF) by Deon Milton
03:08   HIRM   MISSED 3 PTR by Nick Russo
       REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM)
03:06   HIRM   GOOD! LAYUP by Deon Milton   HIRM 35 - BW 29   (HIRM by 6)
       ASSIST by Nick Russo

After 14 minutes, B-WC led 14-4.  A 20-2 run fueled by offensive rebounds turned the game, and Hiram is leading by 5 as the break approaches.