MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

bufordscot · February 07, 2014, 08:10:19 AM

Quote from: wooscotsfan on February 05, 2014, 09:26:51 PM
Final: Wooster 86 Kenyon 56

Wooster with a convincing win over Kenyon tonight. Scots were led by Xavier Brown with 21 points, Doug Thorpe with 15, Evan Pannell with 10 and Scott Purcell also with 10. Scots shot 52% from the floor and made 9 three pointers. Wooster also outrebounded Kenyon 41 to 30.

Wooster takes over sole possession of first place in the NCAC with this win.

Wooster is now 17-3, 11-2 NCAC Next game is at Denison on Saturday afternoon 2/8.

Saw the game but late to the discussion. Good to see Coach Moore letting them run a little bit. When they're running the whole team seems to be more engaged and by not giving the opponent time to get set in their zone, rebounding improves. Additionally, assists were up and turnovers remained the same. Hope to see this trend continue.

David Collinge · February 07, 2014, 07:16:06 PM

I think DePauw may have peaked against Wooster. As if losing at Oberlin wasn't bad enough, the New Tigers are threatening to top that achievement tonight, struggling with 3-16 Allegheny at home. Presently the Gators and Tigers are tied at 53 with just over 9:00 remaining.

Video link

David Collinge · February 07, 2014, 07:39:34 PM

65-64 Gheny, 0:31 left. Warning: before you click the video link, be prepared for some really bad basketball.

David Collinge · February 07, 2014, 07:51:40 PM

Final: Allegheny 69, DePauw 66. Gheny made their free throws when they had to to grab their first conference win in thirteen outings. DePauw, well, you can stick a fork in them.

wooscotsfan · February 07, 2014, 07:57:15 PM

Quote from: David Collinge on February 07, 2014, 07:51:40 PM
Final: Allegheny 69, DePauw 66. Gheny made their free throws when they had to to grab their first conference win in thirteen outings. DePauw, well, you can stick a fork in them.

Well put and it is likely two forks.....this ugly loss by DePauw eliminates them from the NCAC title race and it also blows up any slim chance they had at a Pool C bid into the NCAA tourney. DePauw will need to win the NCAC tournament (and the automatic bid) if they hope to play in the NCAA tournament this year.

David Collinge · February 07, 2014, 09:15:15 PM

Elsewise, Wabash 70, Hiram 68. Hiram led by a dozen at the half.

ohiofan1954 · February 08, 2014, 10:07:36 AM

hope the Wooster-Denison game today is a good one. Any one have any thoughts today. Would love to see a repeat of the big win the big red had last week. This is a crazy year in the NCAC.

wooscotsfan · February 08, 2014, 03:34:50 PM

At the Half: Wooster 43 Denison 31

Big Red led 25-22 with 6:30 left in the half then Wooster finished the half on a 21 to 6 run. Scots being led by Kenny DeBoer with 12 points.

wooscotsfan · February 08, 2014, 04:34:50 PM

Final: Wooster 78 Denison 73

Whew!

Wooster let Denison come back in the 2nd half and take the lead before the Scots regained control and got the road win.

Scots were led by Doug Thorpe with 20 points, Xavier Brown with 19 and Kenny DeBoer with 14.

Wooster is now 18-3, 12-2 NCAC

wooscotsfan · February 08, 2014, 04:40:11 PM

Final: Ohio Wesleyan 68 Kenyon 65

Nick Felhaber of OWU hit a three pointer with 6 seconds left in the game to break the 65-65 tie and the Lords could not match it. Reuel Rogers led the Bishops with a double double of 20 points and 11 boards.

OWU moves to 11-3 in the NCAC

David Collinge · February 08, 2014, 04:53:09 PM

Another cigar-free result in Oberlin:
Wittenberg 70, Oberlin 63
This was a 3-point game inside the final minute. The final margin is attributable to Witt hitting free throws.

Meanwhile in Indiana,
DePauw 84, Hiram 71
Wabash 72, Allegheny 56

wooscotsfan · February 08, 2014, 07:46:33 PM

Current NCAC Standings with 2/8 Results:

1. Wooster 12-2 (18-3)
2. Wittenberg 11-3 (17-4)
2. Ohio Wesleyan 11-3 (17-4)
4. DePauw 10-4 (15-6)
5. Kenyon 7-7 (10-11)
6. Denison 6-8 (10-11)
6. Wabash 6-8 (7-13)
8. Oberlin 3-11 (6-15)
8. Hiram 3-11 (5-16)
10. Allegheny 1-13 (4-17)

ohiofan1954 · February 08, 2014, 10:19:18 PM

great game today at Denison. Easy to tell who had the experience in that situation. Good luck the rest of the way Wooster(unless you play Denison in the tournament). Oh I went to see the Mt. Union-Otterbein game this evening. There is a huge difference between the quality of play between the two leagues. Yes the quality of mt's opposition wasn't much but still the ncac is miles ahead of the oac if mt. is the best in the conference.

seinfeld · February 09, 2014, 08:38:29 PM

Just popped into my head today that Kenny DeBoar at this time last year was a sophomore (athletically), but decided before this season that this would be his last year (paying another year of tuition will do that to you), since he attending a Div. II school for one year before coming to Wooster. Would be nice to see him in a Scot uniform next year along the front line.

David Collinge · February 10, 2014, 06:37:25 PM

New poll
Wooster ascends to #9 by virtue of Wesley and WPI dropping past them.
OWU hovers at #14 while Wittenberg moves up strongly to #15, 20 points in arrears of the Bishops. Now, of course, they have the same records, and Wittenberg swept OWU this year, so it is a little odd to have them juxtaposed in this way, especially with a fairly dominant Witt win at Rickey within the past week. I guess the rationale is that, while each team has one "forgettable" loss among its 4 setbacks, Witt's is recent and at home (Denison 2/1) while OWU's is ancient and at a neutral site (LaVerne 11/22).
DePauw shed the few votes they still clung to last week.

Once again, the NCAC giants are the only Great Lakes teams in the poll. Mt. Union and Marietta are within the "next 5" teams receiving votes.