Final:  Wooster 104  Cedarville 95

Wooster went on a 28-12 run to start the 2nd half and take control of this game.  This was a nice win over a solid 9-1 NAIA squad.  

Scots were led tonight by Tom Port with 29 points, James Cooper with 23 points, Tim Vandervaart with 19 points and Devin Fulk with 12 points

Cedarville was led tonight by Ryan Short with 28 points and Chris Beals with 20 points.

Wooster is now 8-0.  Next game is at Pomona Pitzer (CA) on Monday.

GO SCOTS!

Wasn't able to listen to the Wooster-Cedarville game by the Wooster internet feed (quicktime or mediaplayer).  Went to plan b and got the game loud and clear via the Cedarville internet radio feed (mediaplayer).

Has anyone else had trouble with the Wooster feed this season?  If so, is there a fix?  Thanks, nd

Other Final Scores:

Thiel 63  Hiram 62 (Terriers fall just short on the road)
Wilmington 85  John Carroll 72 (OAC leader takes a road loss)
Ohio Northern 64  Mt. Union 51 (ONU next plays Witt)

Quote from: nicevilledave on December 16, 2006, 10:15:27 PM
Wasn't able to listen to the Wooster-Cedarville game by the Wooster internet feed (quicktime or mediaplayer).  Went to plan b and got the game loud and clear via the Cedarville internet radio feed (mediaplayer).

Has anyone else had trouble with the Wooster feed this season?  If so, is there a fix?  Thanks, nd

The audio links on the Wooster Interactive page are dead.  In order to listen to the game audio online, you have to go to the source, the WQKT website.  The games that are available online are listed on their sports page at:

http://wqkt.com/index.php?sports=true

You will need the Windows Media Player.

Tom Port played like an All-American tonight.  In the first half, he was smooth as silk from the outside.  In the second, he drove the lane without fear.  He was big on the boards, and even played adequate defense.  He was a leader on the floor; everything you could want from a 5th-year senior All-American trying to lead his team to a title. 

Cedarville's a good team, but this game should not have been as close as it was.  After the early second-half run that wooscotsfan mentions, which was built on defense and good shooting, Wooster held onto a 17-19 point lead throughout much of the second half.  Down the stretch, the twin whammies of poor foul shooting by the Scots and light-out three-balls raining in for the YJs made it into something of a low-budget thriller.  Still it was a good win for the Scots.

Congratulations to James Cooper, who reached the 1,000 point milestone with a nice drive to the hoop late in the first half.  [gripe] This is the second game I've attended this year where a player reached 1,000.  At Denison, Kristen Sheffield scored her millenial point, and at the next stoppage, she was presented with a specially prepared basketball to commemorate the event.  She went into the stands to give the ball to her parents, and was applauded politely by the dozens in attendance.  Tonight Cooper made his thousandth on a beautiful play, very apropos of Cooper, and it wasn't recognized by anyone (but me  ) until there was 1:35 left in the game (and Cooper was at 1,013); and even then, it was just a PA announcement over a reasonably loud crowd.    [/gripe]

Wooster leaves tomorrow for a quick tour of some of the less interesting parts of Southern California, playing Pomona-Pitzer on Monday and Cal Baptist on Weds.  The Wooster women are also touring the eastern Southland this week, playing at La Verne on Tuesday and Whittier on Thursday.  Safe travels to both teams and to any Scot Snowbirds winging with them!   

I wasn't able to make it up for the game tonight, but see from the box score that Cedarville led in rebounds (46-34) and assists (21-18) - the first time game this year that the Scots trailed in either of these stats.  I'll bet that coach Moore wasn't very pleased - particularly with the rebounding. 

Cedarville moves the ball very well; in my opinion they were the best offensive team that Wooster has faced this season.  In the first half they were able to get lots of open looks on threes and also had quickness at the guard positions that enabled them to get to the basket.  Well coached, and athletic.

Wooster came out in the second half with a rejuvenated defense that was determined to guard the perimeter.  It worked, propelling them to the 80-61 lead. Unfortunately, with success, complacency isn't always far behind.  Maybe a better word is boredom.  The Scots knew the game was in hand, they'd had their way on the offensive end pretty much all night, scoring in all sorts of fashions, and seemed to lose interest.  They'd been there and done that, and were ready for pizza.

Cedarville, though, wasn't ready to follow Wooster's idea of the script.  They got pumped up after making a few shots, and suddenly a rally was underway.  Wooster began playing tougher defense, but then Cedarville went into their JCU imitation, buring three-pointers from 25 feet.  They weren't lucky, either, they can flat out shoot the ball.  In the end, Wooster was the better team, at least on their home court, but I thought the final margin was more indicitive of the difference in the clubs than the 21-point lead that Wooster had at one point.

after seeing the cedarville-witt game earlier, i can relate with what happened vs wooster. witt had a 27 point lead in the second half but cedarville whittled it down and would never go away. that team has some tenacity-maybe they would be the 3rd wheel in the NCAC haha. hope all have a good holiday. i will be in attendance at ONU tuesday and possibly otterbein thursday for witt games. i will keep all updated-no fear

Tom Port was simply amazing tonight (yesterday). His shot was smooth and confident. If it wasn't a pull up jumper it was an unstoppable drive to the hoop. Two words - All American

Congratulations to James Cooper for joining the 1000 point club. It had been noted here that he was 10 points away coming into the game, but the first 10 minutes of the game was so fast paced I forgot all about keeping track. It was announced in the second half when Wooster had a comfortable lead (which did later shrink to 6 points).

The Scots shot well and took care of the ball ( only 8 TO's ), plus came out in the second half with another stretch of defensive intensity that essentially put the game away.  A bit of drama with the Scots first game of below par FT shooting and the guards getting in foul trouble, (Johnson, Fulk, and Bidwell all had 4 fouls with 8 minutes remaining), but Van Horn and Cooper played well down the stretch, (Van Horn had a timely steal when Cedarville could have cut it to 4), hit the FT's and kept it a 2-3 possesion game.

Good Luck to the Scots in California and come back 10-0......

Link to the Wooster Daily Record article on the win over Cedarville:
http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/1183411

GO SCOTS!

I know I'm late about commenting on Wooster's win, but I've been busy with holiday stuff all weekend long.  I wasn't able to make it to the game, but I did see a replay.  The first thing I noticed was the pace.  I couldn't believe Cedarville wanted to run with the Scots and they did a pretty good job of it in the 1st half.  One of the commentators on the local channel said they might as well just turn the shot clocks off in this game because niether team was coming close to using up the entire 35. 

I don't know what was said at halftime, but the Scots looked like a different team on the defensive end of the floor to start the 2nd half and key that 22-6 run that basically put the game out of reach for the Yellow Jackets.  At least that's what we thought... 

Cedarville is a nice team.  I saw both the Walsh and Georgetown games and I agree with WB in that I thought Cedarville was the best offensive team all around that Wooster has faced this season.  Maybe we caught Walsh's and G'town's shooters on off nights, but the YJ's had some kids who could fill it up from outside and that is how they managed to almost pull off a huge 2nd half comeback just like they did vs. Witt.

I'd also like to pour out some more praises to Devin Fulk.  I can't think of too many better 6th men out there in DIII land than Devin Fulk.  He could easily be starting at any other NCAC school (including Witt) IMO, but he has seemingly embraced his role off the bench for the Scots.  I know that Port had a tremendous night (like DC said it was an AA effort) and Cooper had his businesslike 22, but, even though Devin didn't shoot it quite up to his standards from beyond the arc, he made an impact in that game on the defensive end coming up with some key steals and his all out hustle and diving for loose balls really impressed me.

Good luck to the Scots on their trip to the left coast.  Here's to bringing a perfect 10-0 record back to Wooster!

Quote from: WooMix on December 16, 2006, 11:00:18 PM

Quote from: nicevilledave on December 16, 2006, 10:15:27 PM
Wasn't able to listen to the Wooster-Cedarville game by the Wooster internet feed (quicktime or mediaplayer).  Went to plan b and got the game loud and clear via the Cedarville internet radio feed (mediaplayer).

Has anyone else had trouble with the Wooster feed this season?  If so, is there a fix?  Thanks, nd

The audio links on the Wooster Interactive page are dead.  In order to listen to the game audio online, you have to go to the source, the WQKT website.  The games that are available online are listed on their sports page at:

http://wqkt.com/index.php?sports=true

You will need the Windows Media Player.

I just checked the Wooster webpage and found the audio link for quicktime to be working normally.

http://www.wooster.edu/interactive/

The Cedarville game was the only time that I have had any trouble listening in through the Woo webpage this season, so I doubt it will be a recurring problem.

Earlham win streak snapped, lose 84-74 at Anderson.

Trailed by 16 at the break....Tristian Gregory led with 22, while Jewett added 21.

Head out to the great state of Pennsylvania for a holiday tourney next, though they'll stop well west of the land of milk and honey, Centre County.

Ugh. Wabash blasted by Franklin 82-58. The Grizzlies have now beat our ass in football and hoops in the same year. I'm going to go pour more rum now.

Is it football season yet?

Well I just clicked on the Live feed for the Wooster game.  We will see how this goes.  Thanks Scotsbrod for the new link!  By the way - I just saw that I have -2 Karma??  Since I'm brand new to this site, I don't really understand how the whole Karma thing goes - could anyone explain to me?  I'd appreciate it.  Two good games in two days...Wooster tonight and Witt/ONU tomorrow. 

Just quickly wanted to add my thoughts about the Cedarville/Wooster game.  I was very impressed with Cedarville like everyone else.  I have to agree they have had the best ball movement of any team I have seen yet.  They really can shoot the lights out when the game comes down on the line.