MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[ScotsFan]

With the way the 1st half ended, I thought this was gonna be a competitive game for the Scots but its turning out to be just another one of those.  Looks like its gonna be at least another 20-point margin slaughter?  If not, the Little Giants are lucky.  Do they have an answer for Tim?  I think not.

Now it looks like another century game for the nation's 4th highest scoring team!  Looks like Wooster will extend it's team record for century games to 8!  That's about the only drama left in this one.  That and how many times Wabash will be T'd up as they already have 2 Technicals called with just over 5 minutes to go and Wooster up 30!!!

[ScotsFan]

And we didn't even need Tom for that? .

We didn't need Devin Fulk either who missed most of the 2nd half with some sort of knee injury.  Hopefully nothing serious.

[wally_wabash]

I think it's pretty clear that Wooster has superior talent here, especially at the guard positions.  Medeiros fouling out is evidence that Wabash is just a half step slow against the Scots today.  

Wooster has owned the glass and has a huge advantage on field goal attempts thanks to Wabash turnovers and Wooster's offensive rebounding.  Wabash is shooting a good percentage, but they just aren't limiting Wooster's offense to one shot per possession.  

Sometimes against high octane teams things can avalanche, especially when said high octane team isn't missing many shots.  That's what's happening here...not much you can do about this one.  

[wally_wabash]

Things have gotten completely out of control for Wabash...Petty picks up a technical foul. 

I'll be glad when this one is over...Wabash doesn't often get beat like this.  Even less frequent is Wabash losing composure.  That seems to be happening this afternoon.  What a nightmare. 

[earlhamalum]

Half-Time

Earlham-       43
OWU-            48

Earlham-
SR.  Brandon Miller  16 points 6 rebounds, 10-14 (FTS)
JR.  Markcous Jewett  10 points

OWU-
SR.  Andy Warnock16 points, 3-4 3pts,
JR.   Ben Chojnacki 9 points 2 rebound

[ScotsFan]

Technical #4 and counting on Wabash.  Can this game end already please???

[WooMix]

Finally we have a solid Player of the Week in Tim.  What's with Wabash and the technicals wally_wabash?  The game is over already?  What's the point?

Now we got the second string in.  Lets see how this group plays.  Looks like our second string is gonna blemish our neat turnover number in the second half.

Overally, another impressive one!  Tough luck Lil' Giants.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 111  Wabash 76

Wooster rolls easily in the 2nd half to beat the Little Giants on their home floor.  A very nice road win for the Scots!  

James Cooper led Wooster with 25 points.  Tim Vandervaart had 24 points, 13 boards and 6 assists as he dominated the paint.  Combined, Cooper and Vandervaart scored 40 points in the 2nd half as Wabash couldn't stop either one of them.

Tom Port only played ~3 minutes in the 2nd half before he fouled out but the rest of the Scots picked him up.  Kyle Witucky chipped in 13 points and Brandon Johnson added 11 points.  Devin Fulk injured his knee and let's hope that it is not a serious issue.

Wooster is now 14-1, 6-0 in the NCAC.    Next game at Hiram on 1/18.

GO SCOTS!!

[wally_wabash]

No idea.  This is totally uncharacteristic of Wabash.  I don't know if the frustration in the second half has just completely boiled over, if these refs have unbelievably short fuses.  No idea.  We'll have to wait for the smeds report on that.  

What's the point?  The point is that Wabash is still competing.  Would you rather Wabash pack it up and leave after Wooster gets up by 20?  Call the game early?  Gotta play the full 40 minutes.  Why didn't Wooster stop scoring once they got to 100?  They didn't need to score any more.  What's the point?  

Give me a break.

[wooscotsfan]

On the radio postgame show, Coach Doug Cline said that he thought the injury to Devin Fulk was not serious.  His best guess was that Devin's injury was only a "knee bruise".  Let's hope that Coach is correct!

[WooMix]

Ohh I am sorry if I struck a wrong cord there wally_wabash.  I didn't mean that Wabash shud haved stopped playing/competing.  I was just questioning the technicals.  I'm sure tempers do flare when the plot is lost like in games like this and its perfectly expected but nonetheless recommended.  Another one on the 11th of February.  Seven more games ahead for you before then.  Good luck till then.

[earlhamalum]

Tied: Earlham 75
         OWU    75       Earlham has the ball 5.1 seconds left Brandon Miller Foul OUT

[smedindy]

There were only two technicals, one of them was a joke because all Petty did was count out loud (1-2-3-4-5) on an inbounds play. The other one, I believe, was due to the magic word being said on the Wabash bench.

There really should have been one on Port as well. He was whining and crying after his fifth foul and the ref almost gave one to him (it was deserved with his mocking body language) but the coach got to the ref.

Wooster had 19 offensive rebounds, Wabash had 27 total rebounds.

Wabash hit 19 of 35 from the foul line.

They couldn't stop Vandervaart or Cooper in the second half

Wooster is a flat out better team than IWU, for sure.
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[earlhamalum]

Henry Missed a game winning shot... game going into O.T.

[smedindy]

The refs were also maddeningly inconsistent. For a while, you needed a severed limb in order to get a foul, then they'd call ticky-tack stuff. Combine that with a second half wipeout and the refs almost let it get out of control. Fortunately, it was substitution time at that stage.

The thing is, the refs were inconsistent for both teams. Michael Woods basically committed defensive pass interference on one play, and no call, and then Wooster also hacked a couple players to bits on rebounds with no whistle. But then they call a hand check on Joseph 20 feet away from the play. Yikes.

Anyway, this Wooster team is amongst the best I've seen.

Wabash now needs to get right and come out strong against Earlham.