MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[earlhamalum]

Billy_P

Matter of fact they won their first home game the other day in O.T.  He wrote me and said that he had 26 points and 14 Rebounds.   FYI  last season he was named FIRST TEAM ALL LEAGUE.  I wouldn't be suprised to see future JAPANESSE NBA players in the league shooting FT's Sideways becaue of him.  lol

[blindwatchmaker]

Article in the Daily Record mentioned that Jeff Stevens couldn't practice till a few days before the Van Wie Tourney due to a torn calf muscle.  As he progresses he might be seeing some more playing time.  He and Marty Bidwell will be vying for time to rest Port and Vandervaart.

[David Collinge]

Final from Colorado College:
Bethany (KS) 70
Wabash 63

Wabash had a 5-point halftime lead, and stretched it to 14 with about 13:00 remaining, but the Swedes outscored the LGs 35-14 the rest of the way.  Wabash led by 1 with 2:05 left, but couldn't salt away the W.  The LGs shout just 38% (23/60) and were led by Adonis Joseph with 12.

Press Release
Box Score

I'm sure our many resident Wabash posters are otherwise occupied tonight; I think there's a football game there tomorrow that interests some of them...

[smedindy]

It's a disappointing loss...maybe this will be a learning experience. But yeah, Saturday at Hollett is really taking our attention away from it all...

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Wooster 33  Methodist 24

James Cooper had a big first half with 14 points including 3 three pointers made.  Tim Vandervaart has 6 points and 5 or 6 boards.

Wooster has missed some open three pointers but played good defense to hold Methodist to only 24 points.

GO SCOTS!!

[ScotsFan]

Sounds like Cooper is off to a fast start again.  He is just such a dangerous player and it looks like he is just gaining more and more confidence.  He's making it hard for anyone to defend him when he's knocking down 3's from NBA range.  He is just fun to watch, or listen to , as is the case tonight.

[ScotsFan]

Some halftime stats:

Wooster is shooting just 36%, but they are holding Methodist to just 29%.  Methodist was coming into the game shooting 50% for their 1st two games, so the Scots are doing the job defensively.  Methodist's strength was their perimeter defense, so it looks like they are having success in shutting down Wooster's shooters as well.

Wooster is also outrebounding the Monarchs 27-18.  Vandervaart is on his way to a double double.

The winner will play E&H tomorrow.

[ScotsFan]

Final from VA:

Wooster 77
Methodist 63

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 77  Methodist 63

Wooster notches a nice win at the E&H tourney.  Scots were led by James Cooper with 21 points, Tim Vandervaart with 14 points and ~ 15 boards.  Tom Port chipped in 10 points.

Should be a high scoring game tomorrow against Emory & Henry.

GO SCOTS!!

[David Collinge]

Big Red Men Top Muskingum at the Buzzer

MARIETTA, Ohio-- Trailing by one with six seconds remaining in regulation, junior guard Tony Julian connected on a basket as time expired, lifting the Big Red to their second victory of the season over Muskingum College at the 2005 OAC vs. NCAC Challenge hosted by Marietta College.
Remainder of press release
The final score was Denison 78, Muskingum 77.
In the other half of the NCAC/OAC Challenge, it was Kenyon 115, Marietta 99.
That's a nice 2-0 for the NCAC this evening!

Elsewhere, Carnige Mellon 106, Oberlin 70.

[ScotsFan]

Hopefully Wooster brought their running shoes for tommorow afternoon's game.  
E&H beat Thomas More 150-110!  

Tonight's game wasn't really as close as the final score.  Wooster maintained pretty much a 15 point lead for much of the 2nd half.  Good win for Wooster over an NCAA tournament qualifier from last year.

One area of concern is Kyle Witucky who went down mid-way through the 2nd half with a knee injury.  From the post game interview with Coach Moore, it sounds as if its a bruise to his knee.  He didn't seem too concerned about it and seems to think he will be ready to go tomorrow.  Hopefully that is the case.  Against a run & gun team like E&H, Wooster will definately need Witucky on the floor, as the Scots will need all the depth they can get to keep the troops fresh.  Should be an entertaining game to listen in to.  Could Wooster's record single game point total of 133 points set back in 1971  be in jeopardy?

[earlhamalum]

any other scores from around the NCAC?

[wooscotsfan]

Yes...other NCAC scores:

Baldwin-Wallace 89  Allegheny 66 (home loss for gators)
Wabash 77  Philadelphia Bible 35 (consolation game at colorado tourney)

[wooscotsfan]

One other score:

Ohio Wesleyan 76  Mount Union 68 (first round at Hanover tourney)

Bishops made 11 of 22 three pointers to knock off the Purple Raiders.  Bryan King had 7 of the 11 three pointers and 24 points total to lead OWU.  Ben Chojnacki added 19 points.

NCAC 3  OAC 1 in today's games!

[ScotsFan]

If my math is correct, the NCAC is a respectable 17-12 in non-conference action so far this season.  I say respectable because the NCAC is usually below .500 as a conference in non-conference play.  This could be a sign of things improving across the conference as a whole.  Well, maybe with the exception of Oberlin...