MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[TigerFan_1973]

I lost the stream also and then got it back.

Go Tigers!

[TigerFan_1973]

I can only do a short alliteration:

Witt Wins!! 

[David Collinge]

Hill makes one.
Hemenway commits a foul at the other end, but it's too little too late for the Crus. 

Wittenberg wins wild Wednesday workout, 73-68 in double overtime.

[TigerFan_1973]

Hill makes one.
Hemenway commits a foul at the other end, but it's too little too late for the Crus. 

Wittenberg wins wild Wednesday workout, 73-68 in double overtime.

Great job on the updates, David.

The Internet is truly a wonderful thing.

[David Collinge]

Happy Thanksgiving, '73.

Waiting for stats...Scott Leo is signing off, so either they didn't give stats or I missed them.  I know Borchers had 20 as part of a double-double, and HIll had 16.  I'm sure the box will be available at wittenberg.edu before long.

[Gregory Sager]

It was too good to be true, however, as the Colonels used a 17-0 run over the halftime break to close the gap...

Geeze.  That's just like a D1 school, to sneak back from their halftime pep talk, roust some dance troupe off the court, intimidate the refs to start the second half early, and put up 17 uncontested points while the Kenyon players were still reading Marx in the locker room.  A goddamn shame, and a trick that not even Capitol would dare try.

ROTFL, WooBoo! The idea that the Lords were reading Marx in the locker room was the crowning touch!

[roadtrip]

After watching  Wabash in action against Hanover here's my observation...Coach Petty needs a point guard who can handle the ball while attacking on offense...seems like Simkus brought the ball up quite a few times and if you're gonna do that you might as well eliminate one "guard" spot, leave Simkus at the 2 and bring in another big guy....anyway they are a young team and I think the future isn't looking half bad for the Little Giants.

[David Collinge]

We've got another big non-conference game tonight, with Ohio Wesleyan taking on '06 Final Four team Illinois Wesleyan at DePauw's tournament.  I plan to listen to the broadcast from IWU; if OWU has a broadcast, please post a link, as I can't find one on their site.  In-game updates will be posted over in the CCIW In-Game Updates room, for those of you who may want to follow along.  Go Bishops!

[David Collinge]

At the half, Ohio Wesleyan leads Illinois Wesleyan 39-34.  Since trailing 2-0, OWU led the entire first half, with their largest lead 9 points.  Chojnacki has 11 points, including three threes.

By Titan Q's estimate, there are about 10 OWU fans in attendance. 

[David Collinge]

On Wednesday, Case Western Reserve held on to defeat Hiram at the Terrierdome, 76-74.  The game was Hiram's season opener.  Release; Box Score  Michael McDevitt had a double-double, with 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Pups.  Kyle McKee led Hiram with 18 points, but it was on just 7/21 shooting.  Hiram forced 19 Spartan turnovers, but surrendered 50% shooting.

[David Collinge]

A nice credibility-establishing win for OWU and the NCAC, as the Bishops upend Illinois Wesleyan 87-74 in Greencastle.  OWU takes on host DePauw for the tourney title at 3pm CST tomorrow.  All will agree that this is a nice win for the Bishops; all, that is, except the NCAA, for whom it's basically a non-event.  Even with the more liberal definition of "in-region" games this season, IWU doesn't qualify as a regional opponent under any of the formulae:  same conference, same region, within 200 miles, or same administrative region.  But I'll bet the D3Hoops.com poll voters notice, and if they can beat DePauw, I'll be surprised if OWU does not find itself in the top 25 this coming week.

[wooscotsfan]

David -- thanks for the update on IWU and OWU.

Congrats to the Bishops on a very impressive win!  The IWU Titans are always one of the top teams in D3.  In fact, IWU was 3-0 going into tonight's contest and the Titans had recently beaten #4 UW-Whitewater in their 2nd game of the season.

It looks like OWU could be a real factor in the NCAC race this season.

GO SCOTS!

[Titan Q]

NCAC friends,

Ohio Wesleyan is a real solid team.  They remind me of some of the real good Hanover teams I've seen in recent years, the way they move the ball and find open 3-point shooters.  To say they're "well-coached" would be an understatement.

OWU is going to live and die by the 3 this season.  They will lose some games when the 3's are not falling and have a chance against the big boys when they are.  Overall I really enjoyed watching them play.

Illinois Wesleyan, of course, lost 8 of their 9 players from last year's Final Four team, but this is still a pretty good Titan team OWU beat.  IWU features 6-7 center Zach Freeman, who is as good as anyone in Division III around the hoop.

OWU will have its hands full with DePauw tomorrow...the Tigers are huge.

- Titan Q (from Greencastle, IN)

[Titan Q]

DePauw defeated Ohio Wesleyan 85-79 in a game DePauw led by as much as 17 in the 2nd half...


http://www.depauw.edu/ath/mbasket/2007/stats/112506.htm

DePauw is a good team -- not a flashy team, but they have solid players at about every position.  Two legit big guys in 6-6/230 Stephen Schott and 6-7/210 Matt MacDonald, a good point-guard in Mike Moore, a nice 2 in Reid Sakel, and a really good "do it all" type in wing Austin Brown.  Also a nice bench.

The four scores from the DePauw tourney this weekend are another good example of why playing the comparative scores game is tough to do:

DePauw 88
Judson 84

Ohio Wesleyan 87
Illinois Wesleyan 74

Illinois Wesleyan 92
Judson 50

DePauw 85
Ohio Wesleyan 79


The All-Tournament team was:

Austin Brown, DePauw (MVP)     
Stephen Schott, DePauw     
Ben Chojnacki, Ohio Wesleyan     
Zach Freeman, Illinois Wesleyan     
Justen Boyd, Judson 

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:   Wooster 48  Walsh 41

Walsh jumped out to a 14-8 lead but then Wooster ran off 19 points in a row by burying 5 three pointers plus two inside buckets by Vandervaart.
That run gave Wooster a 27-14 lead which the Scots have held through the first half. 

Wooster is being led by Tim Vandervaart with 15 points, Devin Fulk with 13 points (3 three pointers), James Cooper with 10 points and Tom Port with 8 points.