MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[WooClone15]

At the Half:  Wooster 56  Silver Lake 14

I know they're a USCAA team, but I'll still really impressed with how Wooster's playing

[Mr. Ypsi]

At the Half:  Wooster 56  Silver Lake 14

I know they're a USCAA team, but I'll still really impressed with how Wooster's playing

Silver Lake has not updated their basketball record since 2012.  That probably tells you all you need to know.

I'm really kind of shocked that as quality a program as Wooster would sink this low - did someone else pull out at the last minute?  Even being boys against men, there are MANY high school teams that could whip Silver Lake.

[WooClone15]

Silver Lake has not updated their basketball record since 2012.  That probably tells you all you need to know.

I'm really kind of shocked that as quality a program as Wooster would sink this low - did someone else pull out at the last minute?  Even being boys against men, there are MANY high school teams that could whip Silver Lake.

No idea, but on the other hand. It isn't just Wooster who's playing them. There are several d1 and d2 teams who are playing them as well.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 89  Silver Lake 48 

[WoostAr]

Quite a few blowouts on Silver Lakes schedule, none quite this bad -- weird for Wooster to schedule a cupcake like that -- in the recent past when they've gone outside the NCAA it was to play tough teams.  (GSAC schools in 2013 come to mind)

Guess it was an opportunity to see the whole team play.

[David Collinge]

Yeah, who knows. Clearly Wooster couldn't hope to get much out of this game, and Steve Moore has said many times that he prefers a tough non-con schedule. Off the top of my head, I know they have Skidmore (next), Cabrini, and Marietta ahead, so it gets better.

[David Collinge]

My guess is that Silver Lake initiated the contact. They play tonight at Ashland and tomorrow at Ohio Dominican, so they probably were contemplating a Scenic Ohio road swing all along. Probably they wanted to educate their Wisconsinite players about how really GOOD cheese is made.

[David Collinge]

The non-Allegheny portion of the NCAC fell off the "undefeated vs. D3" wagon in a big way tonight, as Kenyon, Oberlin, Denison, Wabash, and DePauw all lost to D3 opponents. (Allegheny got drubbed again as well, 84-51 at the hands of Adrian. Guess those open tryouts didn't work out so well.) Denison's was especially bad, losing by 2 to an Otterbein squad that had just been humiliated at Witt. At least OWU was an easy winner, and Hiram won a tight game over Thiel, bringing the conference to 12-10 overall, 11-8 vs. D3 (including Wabash's win over IIT, a provisional member of D3.)

Everyone but Wittenberg is teeing it up again on Saturday; hopefully the Tigers will use their day off to cheer on their volleyball team, who takes on Cal Lutheran tomorrow night at Calvin College, with nothing less than the national championship trophy at stake. Tiger Up!
http://www.northcoast.org/sports/wvball/2015-16/releases/WIT-Nationals

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Skidmore 34  Wooster 26

Not a good shooting performance by Wooster in the first half as they missed several open shots.  Scots shot only 31% from the floor and were 1 of 10 on three point shots.  Dan Fanelly got in early foul trouble with two quick fouls and Jordan Stock sprained his ankle shortly after entering the game.

[bufordscot]

Great video feed  but who is the motor mouth. Need to tell him a little dead air isn't a bad thing

[wooscotsfan]

Wooster has no offensive flow in this game.  The Scots are not running any offensive plays to get an open shot -- too much dribbling and too many bad forced shots.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Skidmore 72  Wooster 63

Wooster shot less than 37% from the floor overall and only 2 of 20 on three point shots.   Those stats translate to a loss vs. a solid opponent.

[David Collinge]

So far today, everyone except Wooster has won; the list includes Kenyon (first win of the season), Hiram, Denison, OWU, and Oberlin. Winless Allegheny trails CWRU by 13 late, Wabash is just underway, and DePauw tips in a few minutes.

[WooClone15]

So far today, everyone except Wooster has won; the list includes Kenyon (first win of the season), Hiram, Denison, OWU, and Oberlin. Winless Allegheny trails CWRU by 13 late, Wabash is just underway, and DePauw tips in a few minutes.

Well we might have then ruined the perfect cake today. whoops

[David Collinge]

So far today, everyone except Wooster has won; the list includes Kenyon (first win of the season), Hiram, Denison, OWU, and Oberlin. Winless Allegheny trails CWRU by 13 late, Wabash is just underway, and DePauw tips in a few minutes.

Well we might have then ruined the perfect cake today. whoops

Naw, Allegheny can always be counted on to lose, and lose they did, by 17. DePauw also lost, as did the Wittenberg volleyball team, alas. Wabash won. All games were vs. D3 opposition, so 18-13 / 17-11.