MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wooscotsfan]

Congratulations to Wooster's Justin Hallowell who is now the NCAC leader in career three point shots made with 283...and still counting! 

[smedindy]

Wabash and OWU now in OT. Kasey Oetting fired a three (after rebounding his own three that was blocked right back at him) with 5.8 seconds left to tie. The game is getting a bit chippy.

[smedindy]

And now we go to DOUBLE OT! OWU and Wabash tied at 73.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 91  Allegheny 61 

Wooster was led by Justin Hallowell with 28 points (8 three pointers), Xavier Brown with 13, Doug Thorpe with 11 and Josh Claytor with 10.

Allegheny's top scorers were Devone McLeod with 19 points, James Ness with 14 and Ryan Stanko with 10.

Wooster is now 20-4, 11-4 NCAC.  Next game is at home vs. DePauw on Saturday afternoon.


 

[wooscotsfan]

Congratulations to Wooster on another 20 win season - now 16 consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins!

...and Wooster has been to the NCAA Final Four three times in the last 9 years!  It is great to be a Wooster Fan.

Special Thanks to Wooster Coaches Steve Moore and Doug Cline for their leadership of this top program!

[fantastic50]

Wabash misses the last of 3 FTs with 1.2 seconds left in the second OT, to fall, 82-81.

[smedindy]

Heartbreak City at Wabash. As fantastic50 said, Jordan Surenkamp missed the final free throw of a three-shot opportunity as OWU outlasts Wabash 82-81.

OWU shot 42 free throws, and Wabash had three players foul out and two with four. OWU hurt their cause by not hitting foul shots. Tim Brady let the Bishops with 27. Derek Bailey led Wabash with 23.

[wooscotsfan]

Final: Wittenberg 56  DePauw 55

Congratulations to the Wittenberg Tigers on their NCAC conference title!

[smedindy]

Wittenberg performs a great escape, beating DPU 56-55. The New Tigers had a chance after a Josh McKee turnover with 22 seconds left, but Sean Haseley missed a three and the Old Tigers escape Indiana with a win.

Michael Cooper likes rare beef (old school callback) and led Witt with 22. Barry Flynn led DPU with 13.

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Denison has no problem with Kenyon, winning 73-55. Fifteens were the number, as Dimonde Hale, Barry Liebowitz and Ikenna Nwadibia each had 15. Even though only the former was a Big Red player, they had enough balance for the win.


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Hiram beat Oberlin 77-66, despite Andrew Fox going off for 30 points. Jamaal Watkins, though, had 29 for the Terriers.

[pennstghs]

As already noted, Wittenberg holds off Depauw 56-55. Finally the NCAC title returns to Wittenberg! Michael Cooper goes for 22 points and makes six 3-pointers. Overall a rather sloppy game as Depauw jumped on Witt early with 9 first half turnovers by Witt but a senior-laden team once again comes through.

Hopefully a big crowd Saturday to wish off the seniors and keep the momentum running into next week.

[smedindy]

Standings:

Wittenberg    13-2
Wooster        11-4
OWU            10-5
Wabash          9-6
Denison          9-6
Hiram             7-8
DePauw          7-8
Kenyon          4-11
Allegheny       3-12
Oberlin           2-13

I believe Wabash holds the tiebreaker over Denison due to their win over Witt.
Hiram holds the tiebreaker over DPU since Hiram beat the New Tigers in their only meeting.

[smedindy]

And I think I'm wrong, yet again. Since OWU swept Wabash, they would win the tiebreaker over Wabash. Denison would win the three way tie since they went 3-1 vs. Wabash and OWU. Yikes, I didn't know you needed my advanced calculus for the tiebreakers.

[ohiofan1954]

must have been an engineer who came up with that formula. Only they could construct such a system.

[fantastic50]

DePauw could play at Wooster twice in four days ... potentially a lot of travel for the New Tigers.

[smedindy]

Oh, and I missed this, but Andy Walsh of Wabash was the NCAC POW for his three-point marksmanship off the bench last week.