MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

You know, Q, for the past several seasons everyone in the NCAC has been trying to reach the level of performance established by Wooster's national player of the year Bryan Nelson.  Now we know that Wabash has a player that's half as good.

[David Collinge]

Final from the Midway Classic in Chicago:

Denison 74
Colby 71

Denison takes home third place hardware.

[smedindy]

Ah, that's how real men play D. You act like you're from the ACC - here in the heartland, Big 10 country, you gotta draw blood for a foul!

Oh, you're from Illinois - that's right...

[Titan Q]

smedindy, IWU just played the defending Big Ten champion, and I did not see that technique used!

http://www.iwuhoops.com/ILLINI.HTM

[Mr. Ypsi]

Q,

Alas, the Illini were only #2 last year!  (Curse you, Tarheels!)

[Ryder16]

atteneded both wooster games this weekend, I was amazed with the speed the scots played with, very few turnovers or arrant passes, gotta give credit to the guards, all 6 of them who saw P.T., for controlling the game. one point in the second half of the stout game, scotties had a cold spell, and stout came back,  even taking the lead with about 5 minutes left in the second half. Just goes to show if ya live by the 3 ya die by the 3, and it makes me nervous !

on another note, Coach Moore sure knows how to get those guys fired up.

Keep up the good work this weekend scots !

[ScotsFan]

on another note, Coach Moore sure knows how to get those guys fired up.

He sure does.  That little run Wooster made coming right out of the locker room to start the 2nd half of  the Kzoo game is pretty evident of that.

[narch]

Although they are 2-0, Methodist is off to a rocky start.  They struggled to beat SUNY-Maritime, who was Caltech-like awful last year, then went to 2OT to beat and lost to Sewanee, who was mediocre last year.  I wonder if Methodist is down this year?

dc - i think it's too early to tell if mc is down, but as a monarch fan i certainly expected them to be 2-0 after this past weekend - the maritime game was a struggle for the first half only as the monarchs were tied at half time, but opened a lead as large as 17 at points in the second half - the monarchs didn't show up defensively in the 118-115 2 ot loss to sewanee, which is not typical - mc is typically a pretty strong team defensively, especially on the perimeter - the monarchs return 3 top-flight perimeter players and defenders in seth thomas, eugene grant and robert lee, but they have to replace an all-region power forward in sam porter, who averaged a double/double last year...so far that doesn't seem to be going as well as i hoped it would - mc was out rebounded by a wide margin in the sewanee game - i still think this should be a good test for cow, because i think the monarchs are a talented, well-coached team capable of playing at a very high level, but i anticipate an "L" for the  monarchs

[PCCoach]

 ...How bout win # 500!!!   Also, how about the young Scots getting it done for the opener.  Don't forget the Hornets upset them a few years back.  Also, I hate to say it, but what a huge quality win for Witt up at the Palestra in Rochester.  That is certainly a tough, tough place to play and Mike Neer always has his crew ready to go.  Again, I hate to say it, but that is a good test before the early league game against the Scots.  Alright...2 down, 18 to go until another 20+ win season!  Woo-Witt matchup early will be a dandy!!

[wally_wabash]

So far so bad for the LG's at Hanover.  Wabash has started 1-7 from the field, Hanover is 4-5 so far and the Panthers have a 10-2 lead with 15:00 left in the first half. 

Gotta pick it up Wabash. 

Hanover is rapidly getting into some foul trouble here.  Stay tuned...

[wally_wabash]

Halftime in Hanover:

Wabash 23
Hanover 32

It took Wabash about 18 minutes to figure out they were playing in a basketball game tonight.  Wabash is shooting horribly, turning the ball over a ton, and not defending particularly well.  Wabash went on a little run at the end of the half.  Simkus drilled a trey to cut the lead to 6 with about 5 seconds left, but Hanover answered with a triple at the buzzer to push it back out to 9.  Truth be told, Hanover could easily be winning this game by twice as much as they are.  Fouls hurt Hanover bad (Wabash was shooting free throws from about the 13-minute mark on). 

Wabash is in a hole, but not out of it, especially given the momentum gathered at the end of the half. 

[wally_wabash]

We're about halfway through the second half, Wabash has stormed back to take a 39-38 lead.  Wabash had been down as many as 15 in this game. 

Hanover is at the line...first is no good.  Second shot is good.  39-39 with 10:56 left. 

[wally_wabash]

2 minutes left, Wabash trails by a single point.  This has been a heckuva final 10 mintues. 

[wally_wabash]

Wabash trails 56-53, Lytle is at the line for Wabash....first is no good.  Second is good.  56-54 Hanover, 1:19 left.

Lytle picks up a blocking foul about a mile away from the basket and has fouled out.  That ends a pretty frustrating night for Caleb. 

Hanover at the line....first shot is a brick.  Second shot is good.  57-54 Panthers.

Adonis Joseph misses his shot on Wabash's possession, now we're down to 34 seconds left.  Ball is knocked out to Hanover. 

Wabash fouls.  Hanover makes both free throws and it's a 5 point game. 

Airball by Wabash and this one is all but over.   

[wally_wabash]

Final from Hanover:

Wabash 59
Hanover 62

Hanover escapes Wabash by three for the second year in a row.  Great effort by Wabash to come back from 15 down, but in the end just couldn't get over the hump.  I don't have the stats yet, but poor shooting both from the field and at the line are going to stand out big time for Wabash in this one. 

Wabash falls to 1-2 on the season (losses to #1 and #9 in the nation, but that's of little solace right now).  Next up is a Thanksgiving tourney in Colorado later this week.