MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Ohio Wesleyan 44  Wooster 40

Wooster is being led by Dan Fanelly with 8 points and Josh Kipfer also with 8.  OWU is being led by Ben Simpson with 17 points, Nate Axelrod with 14 and Claude Gray with 7.

OWU shot 55% in the half while Wooster was at 50%.  The real difference in the half was turnovers with Wooster having 9 and OWU having only 5.

[wally_wabash]

Halftime at Chadwick:
Witt 39
Wabash 42

74 fouls called in the first half (unofficially).  Purvlicis had to sit the last 15:30 with two fouls.  Wabash's young bench really had a great half picking up for starters in early foul trouble.  LGs have six players with two fouls at the break.  Witt has four players with two fouls.  This is going to matter in the last 10 minutes of this game.  Johnny Jager leads Wabash with 13 points at the break.  No surprise that Jaelin Williams is the top scorer for Wittenberg with 11 points. 

[David Collinge]

Thanks, WC15.  I missed seeing the poll, so didn't even get to participate in my own demise!

Happy Birthday, Memphis.

Thanks, cabonney.

[wooscotsfan]

Wooster has now given up two open layups midway through the 2nd half.  Is anyone playing defense?    Game getting out of control for Wooster?

OWU 63  Wooster 50  with about 12 minutes left

[wooscotsfan]

Wooster doesn't have the Offensive Firepower to keep up with Ohio Wesleyan.  If you can't score CONSISTENTLY, you will not beat the Bishops because they are an offensive machine.  Scots go 3-4 minutes without scoring and meanwhile Ohio Wesleyan nails 2 or 3 three pointers during the same timeframe.

Ohio Wesleyan 77  Wooster 55  6 minutes left

Wooster has stopped defending and is now letting OWU shoot (and make) wide open three pointers. 

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Ohio Wesleyan 88  Wooster 75

Final score is actually misleading because Wooster hit a few three pointers near the end of the game to narrow the final margin.

OWU scored the first 5 points after halftime, took a 9 point lead and never looked back.  After that, Wooster never got the margin under 10 points the entire second half.

Here is the key stat for NCAC coaches to reflect on:  OWU is 7-0 and AVERAGING 84 points per game so you must score consistently to compete with them.

Wooster is now 2-2.  NCAC 0-1.  Next game is at home vs. DePauw on Saturday 12/5

GO SCOTS!

[wally_wabash]

Final from Chadwick:
Witt 74
Wabash 64

Witt outscored Wabash 27-7 over the last 12 minutes or so.  Tough one for Wabash here as they were in control and just went ice cold over the final ten minutes.  Gritty win for Witt.  Hopefully can take some positives from this one tonight and close these guys out next time around. 

[David Collinge]

The other finals:
Denison 80, at DePauw 67...DU announces itself as a threat, hosts OWU Saturday
at Oberlin 72, Kenyon 64
at Allegheny 71, Hiram 67...no, seriously

[smedindy]

Allegheny's playing rope-a-dope with the NCAC...

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Nearly three weeks into the college basketball season and there is plenty to talk about. Conference action is also starting for many programs while others are still getting up to speed in their out-of-conference schedules. On the women's side, not a lot of upsets; on the men's side, no one seems safe to an unforeseen loss. Tonight on Hoopsville, Dave talks to several teams who are still working off last season's success and battling expectations this season and others who may quietly change the conversation in their regions.

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- Stephen Brennan, No. 11 Babson men's coach
- Mike DeWitt, No. 6 Ohio Wesleyan's men's coach

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[wally_wabash]

OWU is studly.  I can't believe all of those dudes from last year are back.  They're going to be really, really tough to beat this season. 

[David Collinge]

It's a new day here in the NCAC. I think Mike DeWitt and OWU have cleared the final hurdle and can banked on as a contender every year, right alongside Wooster. The recruiting is there, the coaching is there, the institutional support is in place. They're legitimate, as much as the Scots. Throw in some subset from among Wittenberg, Wabash, DePauw, and Denison, and you have a very solid top 4 or 5 that can contend in any given year, with 3 or 4 below them that are a threat on any given night and should be above .500 in the non-con. It's become a legitimately deep and talented league, topped by national contenders. Took a long time to get here, but it's nice to enjoy the sunshine.

[sac]

Allegheny guys.

[David Collinge]

Allegheny indeed. The Gators go to Wittenberg and drop the conference co-leaders by 10. Allegheny now leads Witt, Woo, Wabash, DePauw, and almost everyone else in the standings at 2-0, tied only with OWU, also 10 point road victors today. In the words of the Wicked Witch, "what a world, what a world."

Elsewhere, Wooster took out some frustration on DePauw, 85-56; Hiram joined the 10 point road victors club at Kenyon, and Oberlin, who is better than you probably think, moved to 5-2 with a 59-50 win over Wabash.

[David Collinge]

Kenyon shocks first-place Allegheny 74-62.