MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[witt4ever]

Witt 87
Gheny 58

Tigers shoot 71% in the 2nd half

[wooscotsfan]

Congrats to OWU as the Bishops played a great game and upset Wooster today.  OWU was led by Andy Warnock, Ben Chojnacki and Kyle Holliday all with double figure points.

Kyle Witucky, James Cooper, Tom Port and Tim Vandervaart had double figure points for the Scots.

Wooster is now 23-2, 15-1 NCAC.  Next up is Kenyon in the NCAC tourney.

Hopefully, Wooster will take this loss as some motivation and play an inspired NCAC tournament this coming week.

GO SCOTS!!

[witt4ever]

Hiram 82
Denison 80

With the loss, Denison will face Wittenberg Tuesday.

[ScotsFan]

Wow, I turned the game off and look what I missed!  I should have known Wooster would start draining 3's to make it a game.  I just figured the way OWU was scoring at will, there just wasn't enough time.  Congrats to OWU.  They came out ready to play today!  They did a great job of keeping their composure and matching Wooster basket for basket until they were able to make the key run midway through the 2nd half.  This win snaps a 19 game win streak for Wooster over OWU.  It was also Coach DeWitt's first win over the Scots in his 7 years at the helm at OWU. 

When the schedule first came out, and I saw the last game being at OWU, I thought to myself, I sure hope there aren't any conference title implications heading into that game, because it could be a dangerous game.  As it turns out, thankfully, the Scots had already shored up the conference title, but the Bishops proved it to be a dangerous game nonetheless.  

Now, its onto the conference tourney and poor Kenyon.  

[nicevilledave]

Guys, I'm in FL.  The computer feed crashed with about 1:50 left--what was the final score of the COW-OWU game?

[witt4ever]

Well, let's see.  Wooster cut it to 5, then got called for a block on a three-point attempt play; the call sounded like it could have gone either way.  Chojnacki made two of 3, pushing the lead to 84-77.  Witucky answers with a 3, 84-80, :18 remaining. 

Wooster steals the inbounds pass, Port steals and hits a three, 84-83.  Foul on Wooster, :11.3 left, Warnock at the line.  Hits the first (has 26), and the second.

Witucky misses a 3, held ball, possession Wooster 0:01.4 left.

Port three is in and out at the buzzer, and OWU wins 86-83.  Congratulations to the Bishops!

86-83

[smedindy]

Wabash was down seven at the half, but blitzed Kenyon 50-25 in the second half for the win. Looks like Zimmer had a great game off the bench!

[nicevilledave]

Thanks Witt4ever. ND

[imderekpoe]

OWU played great defense against the Scots guards today.  I don't think that I've seen anybody that's been able to deny the outside shots they way the Bishops did today.  The Scots had several chances to cut into the lead when it was 69 - 92 for what seemed like 4 minutes or so, but just couldn't get the job done.  There were a couple of questionable calls at the end, but the Scots lost this one by not converting when they had open shots, and by giving up way too many offensive boards.

Congrats to the Bishops on a great game!

[witt4ever]

I made a tourney bracket. Is it correct?

http://www.rz.coolfreepage.com/ncac.pdf

[David Collinge]

Looks correct to me.

[witt4ever]

Looks correct to me.

ok, thanks

[smedindy]

Earlham beats the gang of eight 81-60.

[bishopsfan]

What a win for the Bishops!!!!!  It was great to see them make plays down the stretch and beat a very good team.  This is just the momentum that they need to make a run in the conference tourney.  Congrats to Andy Warnock on his tremendous game.  What a great team win!!!

[goscots]

Congratulations to the Bishops. They came out and played hard and shot very well.

Wooster had their chances in the second half when the score was at 69-62 for about 4 minutes, but they just could not hit any shots. To Woosters credit though, their did not give up and still had a chance to tie at the end.

Hopefully the Scots will take this game and use it to their advantage in the upcoming tournaments.