MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

Oberlin pushes homestanding Denison to overtime, but the Big Red guts it out 89-81.

Wabash outruns Greenville 115-96. New totals 30-18 overall, 28-15 vs. D3.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Oberlin pushes homestanding Denison to overtime, but the Big Red guts it out 89-81.

Wabash outruns Greenville 115-96. New totals 30-18 overall, 28-15 vs. D3.

Greenville just started 'the System' this year, so will take their lumps as they learn it (IWU put up 150 on 'em earlier this season).  Additionally, they are apparently missing two of their better players right now, so may simply not have the personnel for the System.  I'll be fascinated to see what happens when they face SLIAC competition.

[wabndy]

A little gift for Wittenberg fans.  My local paper runs reprints of old news photos from its archive every month.  This month's batch included three photos from Wittenberg's 1965 basketball game against Vanderbilt - which was the first game in a remodeled Memorial Gym.  Enjoy.

Original captions are from The Tennessean:

With the new balconies in place, the largest crowd ever to see Vanderbilt play in Nashville, 9,212 fans, are watching the Commodores open their 1965-66 campaign by defeating Wittenberg 87-59 Dec. 1, 1965.

With the new balconies and press box serving as a backdrop, Vanderbilt's Kenny Gibbs is tossing an underhand pass to a teammate after diving for a loose ball. The Commodores open their season with an 87-59 win over Wittenberg at Memorial Gym Dec. 1, 1965.

Vanderbilt guard Jerry Southwood (24) is gliding toward the basket on an underhand layup past the grasp of Wittenberg's Bob Logan (11). The Commodores open their season with an 87-59 win over Wittenberg at Memorial Gym Dec. 1, 1965.

[wabashcpa]

Saw Butler play Vandy there a few years ago - cool gym!

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Hiram 74  Ohio Wesleyan 72

Terriers pull the big upset over the Bishops.  Hiram has a number of athletic players this year and will not be an easy opponent.

Ohio Wesleyan shot only 32% and still nearly won the game.  For Hiram, J.J. Woodson had 29 points and Kelvin Jones had 14 boards.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 74  Wabash 52   

Wooster gets the road win in Crawfordsville.  Scots were led by Spencer Williams with 18 points, Dan Fanelly with 15 and freshman Reece Dupler added 12.

[David Collinge]

Also,
DePauw 75, Oberlin 66
Wittenberg 75, Denison 68
Allegheny and Kenyon were idle

Wittenberg moves into a half game lead at 3-1, ahead of OWU, Hiram, Wooster, and Allegheny at 2-1. Kenyon plays at OWU next Saturday in the final conference game of the calendar year.

[bufordscot]

Final:  Hiram 74  Ohio Wesleyan 72

Luke, I feel a disturbance in the Force.

[David Collinge]

OWU bounces back, bounces Kenyon 96-62.
Hiram 88, LaRoche 81. 31-18/29-15.

[David Collinge]

Wooster 49, St. Mary's (MD) 35. Not a halftime score. 32-18 / 30-15.

[David Collinge]

Wabash 92, Franklin 76
Salisbury 67, Wooster 50. Wooster is not off to a great start this season.
33-19 / 31-16

[David Collinge]

OWU 96, Transylvania 72
Heidelberg 73, Wittenberg 70 ... nice last-minute comeback spoiled by a 'Berg buzzer beater
34-20 / 32-17

Everyone rests now for a week; next games 12/29. Merry Christmas or other Holiday of Choice to all!

[David Collinge]

:::crickets:::

Anyway, just another ho-hum 4-0 night for Our Boys.
Wooster 79, Pitt-Bradford 59
Wittenberg 74, Earlham 58
Hiram 71, Illinois College 64
DePauw 82, Coast Guard 71

38-20 / 36-17

[Pops33]

Tough match-up for Wooster tonight in the championship of the Mose Hole Classic.  They take on #8 Marietta tonight at 7:00.  It will be interesting to see if the young rotation that Steve Moore is using will be up for the challenge.  Video can be seen here  http://portal.stretchinternet.com/wooster/

[David Collinge]

Tough matchup, indeed...too tough.

Marietta 72, Wooster 57
MVNU 96, Kenyon 75
Denison 79, ONU 67
Wittenberg 72, Wash U. 61
DePauw 81, Buena Vista 79
Grove City 61, Allegheny 58
Hiram 91, Bluffton 71

42-23 / 40-20

Happy New Year, next games Saturday.