MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[billy_pilgrim]

44-44.......8 left in Richmond

[WooMix]

I am liking what is going on in Earlham right now.  Lets see how it ends.

Now branching off to the Woo/'Gheny game, is Allegheny supposed to be that bad or we are just too good?

[billy_pilgrim]

6 quick ones for Witt

50-44....about 6:30 left

[DarkSide-D]

Not sure what the Woo announcers are smoking, but they just said something about flipping a coin if Woo and Witt were to tie for the regular season.  I can only hope it wont come down to a coin toss.

[WooMix]

I fear there is gonna be massive ticket sculping in Springfield on Saturday for the Woo/Witt game.  It am not too sure how you car rationalize the ticket arrangement that Witt has made for the game.  Its seriously illogical.

[wally_wabash]

It's easily rationalized...Witt wants to pack the gym with their fans.  Sell the tickets early before the Woo crowd shows up and they'll do just that...assuming there are enough Witt fans to scoop up all of those tickets. 


From Chadwick...OWU and Wabash are tied at 68 with less than one minute to go. 

OWU gets a steal and Chojnacki socres a layup.  OWU up two. 

Wabash burns two timeouts after the layup...Little Giants are now out of timeouts.

[pennstghs]

how is that illogical of a plan? it makes sense instead of having a huge attack on the campus at 5:30 to get tickets to start selling them at noon. most schools would sell before gameday. you go a little early. 2/3 of the tickets are open to the general public-that's how it goes in any circumstance. the season ticket holders get their seats-in this case the 1000 up for witt students and general family, and the other 2,000 are up for grabs.

and if it is illogical it is in witt's favor; why would we want a gym full of gold and black in our own gym?

and come on-who the heck scalps tickets for a d3 game-think logically

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 121  Allegheny 88

Wooster had 6 players in double figures tonight led by James Cooper with 25 points, Devin Fulk with 17 points, Tim Vandervaart with 15 points and Marty Bidwell also at 15 points.

Wooster shot 56% from the floor tonight and made 15 three pointers.  The Scots also outrebounded the Gators 42 to 27.  Good win for the Scots.

Wooster is now 19-1, 11-0 NCAC.    Next up is the big game at Witt!

GO SCOTS!!

[wally_wabash]

Wabash gets an opportunity with a shot under the basket, the shot caromed off the rim, OWU rebounds.  7 seconds left, OWU is shooting free throws.  

First shot is no good.  Wabash is sitll alive.  Second shot is good.

[billy_pilgrim]

by the way, Witt did pull away to win by 12, 61-49

Russ turned it on in the final minutes...ended up with 17

Earlham ran out of gas...not having Miller the whole 2nd half and getting pounded on the glass cost the Quakers a shot at the upset

waiting for stats......interesting to see FT numbers and rebounds

[wally_wabash]

Wabash gets a three point attempt to tie at the end, the shot is short and no good.  OWU gets out of Chadwick with a 71-68 win.  

Wabash is in big big trouble for a home game in the tournament.  

Apparently Wabash was 6-15 at the free throw line.  I'm not sure how much farther in the boxscore you need to go to find causality here.  

Tough, tough loss for Wabash.  Wabash will pretty much need to steal a win against Witt or Wooster to get back in the thick of home game talk for the first round.

[WoosterFAN]

Did the Hoopsville Jinx get the Scots...only a few minutes for Evan Will?  I was not able to listen to the game...Did he get injured?  We need full strength for the trip to Springfield!!!

[David Collinge]

Evan Will has a sinus infection.  He started, out of pride, but only played 5 minutes.  He was not needed tonight.

[blindwatchmaker]

Evan should be fine for  Witt .  He made a nice 3 pointer to start the game tonight.

Also- Tom Port was dribbling and taking some shots during the halftime warm-up which was nice to see.  He may be able to play some on sat. He always steps up for Witt games (Like Russ against Woo) so I hope he gets his chance.

Wooster dominated the game from the start tonight.  Their first 4 shots were three's and all hit nothing but net.  Was great to see them come out of the gates like that as they have had several very slow starts in the past.  Hopefully they can do that at Witt on Sat. 

AC's coach was fired up in the first half which lead to technical.  He wasn't happy with some calls/no calls.  He was lucky he didn't get called a second time.  Refs were same as usual...  I didn't think the calls were terrible but at the same time left a lot to be desired.

On another note- did they have Brandom Miller guarding Witt's big men tonight?  Is that why he fouled out so early?  A friend of mine came into the Woo game at half and told me EC was only down by three which got my hopes up...

[blindwatchmaker]

Also have to say Wooster had some great assists tonight as they continue to pass the ball well.  They played very unselfish b-ball which makes it fun to watch.  Saw a great 3 on 1 play where the AC player was in great defensive position but the extra pass (the third) was just too much.  Brandon Johnson, Marty Bidwell and the rest of Woo's younger players continue to impress me.


Kyle W hit several three's tonight.  Seemed to find he shot a little bit to go along with all those assists.