MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Wabash2011]

Wabash survives a madcap game against Hiram, beating the Terriers on the road 77-70.

The Little Giants shot 16-31 from three-point land. Derek Bailey all scorers with 28 with Aaron Zinnerman added 16. Andy Walsh came off the bench and hit four three-pointers.

Jamaal Watkins led the Terriers with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Andrew Wiegand added 16 points and 10 boards.

Look up "barn burner" in the Indiana basketball dictionary and there will be a note to see this game.  Both teams shooting the long ball and the gym was 100 degrees inside.  BIG turn of events was when Hiram came out of the huddle and put 6 men on the floor .  Wabash capitalized with 2 free throws followed by an Andy Walsh 3 to go from down 4 to up 1.   Big game to take home for Wabash, Hiram will be right there at the middle of the conference pack all season.

[sac]

"Brunette girls. Every time we were like struggling in kicking, Coach tells me to think about girls on a beach or brunette girls."

Or brunette girls? What, do brunettes not frequent the beach? And what of blondes, are they so distracting to this kicker's imagination that his attempts continually sail wide to the right? 

Well if you've ever spent any amount of time wandering around the Univ. of Michigan campus you would note there is a much higher ratio of brunettes to blondes.  I'm not saying anything about a blondes ability to get into a fine academic institution as Michigan,  but I guess I am saying it.

Of course this comes from someone who went to a school where that blonde to brunette ratio is probably an exact polar opposite, so it was probably easier for me to notice. 

[ohiofan1954]

leaving for the wittenberg-ohio wesleyan game. This should be a good one. I'll take Wittenberg. Of the two only seen owu once this year but despite their record they looked to have some holes, especially in the post. Albion killed them on the inside in the second half , if they had gone their sooner they might have won. I was surprised Otterbein wasn't able to take advantage of that. Oh well this should be a good one today, nothing like going to church to watch a basketball game.

david

P.S. I do hope I don't see any fans being thrown out today for being negative. I have seen that twice at owu and I still can't believe a school would do that. Hope the security guards never go to yost arena to watch a hockey game.

[bashbrother]

Wabash  61
Gheny 47

Final

D. Bailey tearing it up again.  32 pts.  12-22 from the field (8 of 16 from behind the arc)   not a bad two days for Bailey and this Little Giants team shooting.

[smedindy]

Kenyon continues its hot streak and bests Denison 77-74.

Jonathan Amador led the Lords with 18 while Anthony Chun added 16. Dimonde Hale led all scorers with 20 for the Big Red.

Denison had a 41-38 lead at the half. For most of the second half the teams went back and forth until Kenyon took the lead for good with 4:37 to go.

[smedindy]

Witt derails OWU's chance to be ranked in the Top 25 (for now) with a 55-57 road win.

Clayton Black led Witt with 15, with Michael Cooper adding 13 and Zack Leahy netting 12. Tim Brady scored 15 for the Bishops with Reuel Rogers adding 13.

The Old Tigers had an 11-point halftime league before OWU came storming back. The Bishops took a short-lived 41-40 lead with 8:33 to go and then tied the game at 50 with 3:12 left. But Witt got their moxie back and held on the for the victory.

[GoRed]

Big Red led 33-20.  There is nothing I can say I haven't already said.

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Oberlin 31  Wooster 29

Wooster started the game shooting 2 of 13 from the floor and trailed most of the half.  Wooster is being led by Josh Claytor with 11 points and Xavier Brown with 8 points.

Oberlin's top scorers are Emmanuel Lewis with 11 points and Geoff Simpson with 7 points.

Yeomen shot 57% from the floor in the half while the Scots only shot 38% after the cold start.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 70  Oberlin 58

Wooster shot better in the 2nd half and eventually took control for the win.    Wooster was led tonight by Josh Claytor with 22 points (10 boards), freshman Xavier Brown with 18 points and freshman Evan Pannell with 16 points (4 three pointers).  Pannell really had a breakout game as he also looked good on defense with two nice blocks and some boards.

Oberlin's top scorers were Emmanuel Lewis with 13, Geoff Simpson with 12 and Andrew Fox with 10.

Wooster is now 11-2, 2-2 NCAC.    Next game is at home vs. Hiram on 1/11

GO SCOTS!

[Wabash2011]

Wabash goes to 12-1.  Back on the bus and home to host a struggling DePauw team Wednesday.

http://sports.wabash.edu/news/2012/1/7/mbb_0107123402.aspx?path=mbball

[smedindy]

Good reminder, we forgot a game!

Jamaal Watkins scored 27 as Hiram blasts DePauw 67-51. The Terriers led for most of the game, though the New Tigers cut the lead to four in the second half.

Barry Flynn was the only DPU in double figures with 11.

BTW - New poll...

[David Collinge]

Back on the bus and home to host a struggling DePauw team Wednesday.

Boy, I hate to be the resident Hiram Hater, but struggling doesn't begin to describe today's effort. Never having seen DePauw, I didn't know what to expect, but I at least expected a team with a 400+ career win coach to be able to take advantage of playing a team that has zero interior defense. But, no. DePauw seemed to go out of their way to find the worst possible shot time and time again. And they panicked in the face of Hiram's three-quarter court press, throwing the ball around like a hot potato. And they had no answer at all for Jamal Watkins. That all adds up to another fairly easy win for a Hiram squad that has failed to impress me in any of the three games I've seen.

[smedindy]

But they are 3-0 in the games you have seen, right?

[wooscotsfan]

But they are 3-0 in the games you have seen, right?

Hopefully, they will be 3-1 after David watches Wooster beat the Terriers on Wednesday! 

[David Collinge]

But they are 3-0 in the games you have seen, right?

Yes, they are, and actually they won all three games easily. I realize that that shoots holes in what little credibility I have. But "winning" does not automatically imply "good;" if you don't believe me, watch video of Wooster beating Oberlin last night.