MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

wallyworld12 · November 15, 2012, 02:24:43 PM

Some interesting matchups in the coming days. Smed, will you be keeping track of the NCAC's non-conference record?

smedindy · November 15, 2012, 02:51:16 PM

I'll do what I can. The whole mega work thing is biting me right now. Ah, well.

smedindy · November 15, 2012, 11:01:33 PM

The Dimonde Hale show is back in town! He had 35 points and eight rebounds, including shooting 19-21 from the line as Denison edged past Washington & Jefferson 79-74. The Big Red had a 14-point halftimne lead but saw the Presidents cut it to two with 53 seconds to go. Darius White scored 12 off the bench for Denison while Bret Woolard added 11.

wooscotsfan · November 16, 2012, 09:57:01 PM

Final: Wooster 79 Carnegie Mellon 67

In the season opener, Wooster was led tonight by Xavier Brown with 16 points, Josh Claytor with 14 points, Evan Pannell with 14 and Jake Mays with 12. Kenny DeBoer added 9 points.

Doug Thorpe did not play so perhaps he was out due to sickness/injury. Three freshmen played significant minutes for the Scots -- Geoff FuQuay who had 6 points, Josh Kipfer who had 4 points and Devon Wingard who did not score. FuQuay handles the ball well and he was in the game down the stretch. Only major negative for Wooster was the large number of turnovers (20+) which is often the case in an opening game.

Wooster plays Adrian (MI) in the championship game of the Al Van Wie tourney tomorrow night. Adrian beat Otterbein in the opener tonight. I plan on making it to Timken tomorrow to see the Scots in action.

GO SCOTS!

wooscotsfan · November 16, 2012, 10:14:09 PM

Other Scores:

Ohio Wesleyan 69 Defiance 55
Wittenberg 61 Johns Hopkins 44
Allegheny 82 Pitt-Titusville 41
Rowan (NJ) 80 Kenyon 71

smedindy · November 16, 2012, 11:39:58 PM

Good start for the NCAC then: 5-1 in non-conference play!

ScotsFan · November 17, 2012, 11:34:18 AM

Quote from: wooscotsfan on November 16, 2012, 09:57:01 PM

Doug Thorpe did not play so perhaps he was out due to sickness/injury. Three freshmen played significant minutes for the Scots -- Geoff FuQuay who had 6 points, Josh Kipfer who had 4 points and Devon Wingard who did not score. FuQuay handles the ball well and he was in the game down the stretch. Only major negative for Wooster was the large number of turnovers (20+) which is often the case in an opening game.

Wooster plays Adrian (MI) in the championship game of the Al Van Wie tourney tomorrow night. Adrian beat Otterbein in the opener tonight. I plan on making it to Timken tomorrow to see the Scots in action.

GO SCOTS!

Moore mentioned Thorpe being out in the pregame interview. He said he would have been available in an emergency but didn't disclose why he was out of the game but I'm assuming it's nothing that's going to keep him on the bench for an extended period of time.

Very sloppy game last night for both teams as the total turnovers for the game was pushing 50. Hard to watch at times but also I guess it was somewhat understandable being the first game and all and also having 3 frosh getting significant pt.

It's only one game, but I'm wondering if this is going to be as much of a perimeter oriented shooting team as we have been accustomed to over the years. Wooster only shot nine 3-pointers for the game. That's usually about an average of made 3-pointers in a typical Wooster game. And it looked for a time that they might go the entire game without making a single trey (wonder when the last time that's happened?).

Hopefully the Scots can clean up things a bit in the turnover department tonight against Adrian...

kiltedbryan · November 17, 2012, 12:43:26 PM

Nice start for the NCAC overall last night - 5-1 feels pretty good. Also happy to see the Scots get the first 'W'.

Everyone except for Hiram is in action today. Seems to me like we could build on yesterday's success...6-3 or better in aggregate looks like it'd be a good result.

Keuka vs. Kenyon, 2 PM (@ Gettysburg)
Denison at Earlham, 3 PM
Manchester vs. Wabash, 3 PM (@ Albion)
Oberlin at Hanover, 5 PM
DePauw vs. Thomas More 6 PM (@ Cincinnati, Ohio)
Wittenberg at Case Western Reserve 7 PM
Ohio Wesleyan at Marietta, 7 PM
Wilmington at Allegheny, 8 PM
Adrian at Wooster, 8 PM

fantastic50 · November 17, 2012, 05:35:20 PM

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Evan Pannell's dunk, off an alley-oop from Xavier Brown. There aren't many guards at this level who can throw it down with authority, and that may be the most impressive dunk that I have seen in five seasons at Wooster. The Scots were a bit sloppy with the ball, but it's nice to start the season with a win.

OhioRed17 · November 17, 2012, 05:39:30 PM

Denison picks up another win at Earlham 78-49.

smedindy · November 17, 2012, 05:48:15 PM

Kenyon beat Keuka 73-62. (I was about ready to do a Keuka, Fran and Ollie joke but I think no one would get it. At. All.)

Wabash fell to Manchester 59-54 at Albion, but freshman Daniel Purvlicis scored 15 and added 10 boards.

fantastic50 · November 17, 2012, 09:53:21 PM

Adrian hits a buzzer-beater to beat the Scots, 57-56.

smedindy · November 17, 2012, 11:28:54 PM

So let's recap:

W - Denison 79, Earlham 49
W - Kenyon 73, Keuka 62
L - Manchester 59, Wabash 54
L - Adrian 57, Wooster 56
W - Allegheny 76, Wilmington 70 : Good win for the Gators after a horrible 2011-12
L - Hanover 83, Oberlin 41 : Oof
L - Thomas More 80, DePauw 79 : DPU took the lead with 14 seconds left but fouled Thomas More two seconds later (!) and the Saints hit two free throws for the win.
W - Wittenberg 69, Case Western Reserve 52
W - OWU 76, Marietta 55

A 5-4 day puts the NCAC at 10-5 overall. Could have easily been better with two last-second losses.

WAlum · November 18, 2012, 01:15:12 PM

Early but a few thoughts. Outstanding weekend for Denison and OWU. The Bishops are surely the favorites after two dominating performances this weekend. Wooster will continue to get better as the year goes on. Tough loss vs Adrian. Good win for 'Gheny. Will be interested to see how this Witt teams develops an identity. Disappointing loss for DePauw. Oberlin going to be in for a long year again. Can Wabash get it going and get to Wabash standards?

smedindy · November 18, 2012, 05:35:39 PM

Good result for the LGs! The transitive property does not stand, man.

Albion beat Manchester by 15 earlier in the week, but Wabash tops the Britons 53-51. Freshman Ross Sponsler's tip-in capped off a comeback and set the Wabash record at 1-1.

Bad news for Denison. They were edged by Hanover 87-84.

Earlham tops Oberlin 76-55. May be a very l-o-n-g season for the Yeomen.

DPU beats MSJ 59-39.

A 2-2 mark for the NCAC puts them at 12-7 thus far.