MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

David Collinge · January 19, 2011, 08:34:19 PM

Halftime:
Wabash 29, Wittenberg 24

imderekpoe · January 19, 2011, 08:45:10 PM

And the lights are out in Timken with the Scots up by 30 and 9:07 left. I vote that they invoke the mercy rule, but that's just me.

Now this is different. They're playing with no lights at the Scots offensive end and only a few lights on at the other end.

wooscotsfan · January 19, 2011, 08:59:14 PM

Final: Wooster 88 Allegheny 56

Wooster's top scorers: Ian Franks 13, Matt Fegan 12, Mike Evans 11, Josh Claytor 9
Allegheny's top scorers: James Ness 13, D'andre Corbin 8

Scots played good defense and outrebounded the Gators 43 to 33.

Wooster is now 17-0, 8-0 NCAC

Next up is Wittenberg at home on 1/22.

David Collinge · January 19, 2011, 09:02:21 PM

Capital 81, Denison 58 -- NCAC slips to 43-37 on the season.

Score updates:
OWU 41, Oberlin 32, halftime
Kenyon 72, Hiram 55, 3:18 2nd
Wittenberg 40, Wabash 38, 10:39 2nd

wooscotsfan · January 19, 2011, 09:26:51 PM

Final: Wittenberg 55 Wabash 54

David Collinge · January 19, 2011, 09:27:31 PM

Scott Leo: Chris Sullivan hits two crucial free throws "like he's been doing it for years, as calm as a cucumber."

Those free throws ice Wittenberg's 55-54 victory.

Elsewhere,
Kenyon 78, Hiram 69

sac · January 19, 2011, 09:36:08 PM

The more things change.....

D-III Insider · January 19, 2011, 09:43:23 PM

Will the Witt-Wooster game sell out on Saturday? Scots fans what do you think? If I wanted to make the trip could I get a ticket?

wooscotsfan · January 19, 2011, 09:55:36 PM

Current NCAC Standings with 1/19 Results:

1. Wooster 8-0, 17-0
2. Wittenberg 7-0, 12-4
3. Wabash 6-2, 14-2
4. Ohio Wesleyan 5-3, 9-8
5. Kenyon 4-4, 8-9
6. Hiram 2-6, 8-9
6. Denison 2-6, 5-12
8. Allegheny 2-7, 5-12
9. Oberlin 0-8, 1-16

David Collinge · January 19, 2011, 10:02:27 PM

Quote from: wooscotsfan on January 19, 2011, 09:55:36 PM
Current NCAC Standings with 1/19 Results:

...one of which is
OWU 69, Oberlin 56

wooscotsfan · January 19, 2011, 10:03:24 PM

Quote from: D-III Insider on January 19, 2011, 09:43:23 PM
Will the Witt-Wooster game sell out on Saturday? Scots fans what do you think? If I wanted to make the trip could I get a ticket?

Witt vs Wooster has not sold out in the last several years. Wooster's Timken Gymnasium is a fairly large D3 court with a capacity of 3,400. To be completely safe, hit the ticket window at least 30 minutes before game time but I seriously doubt that the game will be a complete sellout.

bashbrother · January 19, 2011, 10:05:19 PM

Wabash has got to find the consistency in it's 3-point shooting that it displayed early in the year or every opponent will drop into the 2/3 Zone and be very successful.

Credit Witt's defense as well, but we also missed way too many wide open looks as well. 6-26 behind the arc is not going to get it done.

Onward and Upward.

WAF!

pennstghs · January 19, 2011, 10:09:01 PM

Final Wittenberg 55 Wabash 54.

Decent crowd, although very quiet really and subdued but probably overall the cleanest game I've seen all year. The 2 teams combined for 15 total free throws with Wabash only getting 1 shot the whole second half. Not a lot of fouls overall either and dare I say, the best officiating the whole year in a game?

The game started out rough for Witt and clearly as I have worried all year, Wabash's size was causing fits. Wabash got a few offensive rebounds to keep possessions alive and hit some shots. Wittenberg missed a lot of shots close to the basket. It was almost like those roles reversed in the second as Wabash started missing shots they should make.

The key sequence in the game came with Wittenberg up 53-51 with about 20 some seconds left. After two successive timeouts, Seth Hill from Witt made possibly the defensive play of the year as he stripped Wes Smith cleanly of the ball and got fouled to force Wabash's hand.

Overall Wes Smith had a double-double, but was for the most part contained. It seems that a zone defense is the magic way to contain him, you'll never stop him compeltely, but put the game in the shooters hands of Wabash.

Great game overall and look forward to seeing the rematch. On to Wooster!!!!!!!

pennstghs · January 19, 2011, 10:11:18 PM

as you can see in my recap, the 2-3 zone idea is what i talked about

kiltedbryan · January 19, 2011, 10:54:08 PM

Quote from: wooscotsfan on January 19, 2011, 10:03:24 PM
Quote from: D-III Insider on January 19, 2011, 09:43:23 PM
Will the Witt-Wooster game sell out on Saturday? Scots fans what do you think? If I wanted to make the trip could I get a ticket?

Witt vs Wooster has not sold out in the last several years. Wooster's Timken Gymnasium is a fairly large D3 court with a capacity of 3,400. To be completely safe, hit the ticket window at least 30 minutes before game time but I seriously doubt that the game will be a complete sellout.

You should be able to get a ticket if you come up. Even at the height of Woo-Witt in the middle of the decade, I think people were rarely if at all turned away at Timken's door.

However, I'd think about getting their early if you don't want to be in the rafters (unless you're DC, who always seemed to prefer watching games at Timken from the next county over.)

I do suspect that this iteration of the rivalry will draw very strongly. Most factors point to Saturday's game being better attended than those of the previous few years, especially with both of these teams being undefeated in NCAC play. I would think fan enthusiasm is pretty strong on both sides right now, with Wooster still unbeaten and carrying the #1 ranking, and Wittenberg having just defended their home court against current #7 Wabash.

As I think sac was alluding to, the winner of Woo-Witt part 1 will once again be in control of its destiny in the NCAC.