MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[earlhamalum]

MSJ-   62
Earlham- 54

Not sure what is going on with the Quakers.. they should be A LOT better and need to win these games...  They have to much Talent all this team to be playing poorly and only to score 54 points? 

Get back to the stats... Billy_P seems like the same old EC.

[earlhamalum]

42% from the field.
5-13 FT                 
3-14 3pt

Brandon MIller with 16pts 8 Rebounds
Jewett with 10 pts
Gregory 9 pts a Freshman of the bench.

[smedindy]

Wabash held DPUs big guns down tonight.

Their leading scorer, Alex Stewart had just five. He was averaging 19 a game. Stephen Schott was averaging 16.8 and scored just two tonight before fouling out. Michael Moore was scoreless tonight - he was netting 12 a contest beforehand.

DPU shot just 34.5% for the game and hit just 13 of 23 from the line.

Coffey had 10 points and 10 rebounds in the second half. Medeiros scored 19 and Joseph added 10. Great play from Maloney off the bench, and Woods and Lytle on D. Just a great team effort.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 109  Denison 73

Wooster made 15 three point shots tonight, after a slow start as DC noted.  Scots were led tonight by James Cooper with 19 points, Kyle Witucky with 16 points (4 three pointers), Devin Fulk with 15 points, Tim Vandervaart with 14 points and Tom Port with 13 points.  Wooster goes over 100 points again but doesn't reach 150 tonight!  

Nice opening NCAC road win for Wooster, considering that Witt lost at Granville last year.  Scots are now 5-0 and play at Earlham on Saturday afternoon.

GO SCOTS!!

[billy_pilgrim]

frustrating........I tried listening to the game tonight (frustrating in its own right)

This is really disheartening. I had posted way back in the preseason that these were the games Earlham needed to prove it could win. They are home against a mediocre opponent. Instead, it sounded like Earlham sleepwalked through most of the game and could never get the ball to go in the basket to get over the hump.

Even more than talent, there's too much experience for Earlham not to win these games. Rough stretch ahead with Wooster on Saturday and then at Hanover

So it goes...

[smedindy]

I would daresay that if Wabash can keep up this defensive intensity, they will give Witt and Wooster all they can handle, especially at Chadwick. We shall see.

Oberlin awaits, then next Friday the fun that is Tri-State.

[David Collinge]

Elsewhere...

Alfred 86, Allegheny 76
Kenyon 67, Washington & Jefferson 66
Ohio Wesleyan 64, Capital 57
Case Western Reserve 101, Hiram 87
Defiance 82, Oberlin 51

[smedindy]

Good to see Kenyon with a non-conference win!

Alas, poor Oberlin. 'Tis one of THOSE years for the Yeomen.

[David Collinge]

As noted, W&J lost at Kenyon by 1 tonight.  The Presidents drop to 0-4 on the season.  Next up for the Presidents:  West Virginia University.   

At least they're catching the Mountaineers at a good time; they've started 2-3 and dropped out of the AP Top 25.   

[ScotsFan]

Nice rout for the Scots tonight!  Cracking the cetury mark for the 2nd consecutive game.  I can't recall the last time that has happened for Wooster. 

Things look only to get worse for the Big Red.  How does Coach Ghiloni keep his troops motivated through this gauntlet that Denison is running through!  Losing to Marietta looks like the snoflake that could turn into an avalance for Denison.

I would daresay that if Wabash can keep up this defensive intensity, they will give Witt and Wooster all they can handle, especially at Chadwick. We shall see.

I wouldn't go as far as to say that beating DePauw puts you on par to beat the likes of Witt and Wooster.   It was a nice win for Wabash, and definately an emotional one, but, DePauw is no Witt or Wooster.  Denison sounded like they came out fired up and ready to repeat what they did to Witt last season, and that lasted for all of about the 1st five minutes before Wooster turned up their intensity and ran Denison out of their own newly refubished gym.

Speaking of which, David, I'm surprised you didn't make the trek down to Granville to check out the newly remodeled Livingston Gym.  Breck made it sound pretty nice in his description on his radio broadcast.

[David Collinge]

Speaking of which, David, I'm surprised you didn't make the trek down to Granville to check out the newly remodeled Livingston Gym.  Breck made it sound pretty nice in his description on his radio broadcast.

Yeah, I would have liked to make the trek, both to see the game and the gym.  But it's a longer drive to Granville than you suppose; Yahoo maps makes it just over 800 miles. 

Oh, did I mention that I'm in Malvern, Ark.?     I'm in the process of moving to Los Angeles.  No more Wooster games for me   , at least until they make their rumored Southland Snowbird trip next season.   8)

[billy_pilgrim]

David,

I'm sure all that moving is keeping you one step ahead of the long-reaching arm of the Wooster Alumni Association.

One day after receiving my invitation to pay $20 to eat in the prescence of the Earlham basketball team, I was forwarded a request via email to hand over money to support the beloved school in Richmond, IN....those emails coupled with a rough time finding the game broadcast on the Internet left me watching Indiana University basketball for some semblance of joy tonight. I should've just read a book.

My only prediction for Saturday's game: Wooster won't put up 150....or 101...or 100.....not sure how much lower I can safely go.

I hope the Scots fans who make the trek Saturday across the Interstates that begin with 7 have a safe trip. I'll be in Chicago, searching for better Internet radio results...but earlhamalum may be there and despite his fierce message board facade, he's a lover. Tell him that Billy sent you and the first round might be on him.

Wooster week is always fun with the number of posters on this board....hopefully Saturday's contest will prove worthy of conversation like the last couple of EC/COW games in Richmond have.

[smedindy]

i wouldn't go as far as to say that beating DePauw puts you on par to beat the likes of Witt and Wooster.   It was a nice win for Wabash, and definately an emotional one, but, DePauw is no Witt or Wooster.

Now, now. If you have looked at the last few games at Chadwick between Wabash and Witt and Woo - Wabash has had leads in the first half only to become unglued on the defensive end in the second half.

All I'm saying is that this is a positive trend and hopefully will continue.

Against IWU, it was like a typical Wabash / Witt  or Woo game at Chadwick - 'Bash has a lead and loses it in the second half. This game was different, so it's a good trend.

[David Collinge]

David,

I'm sure all that moving is keeping you one step ahead of the long-reaching arm of the Wooster Alumni Association.

Wooster's Director of Development is a BIG hoops fan and has been known to lurk here from time to time, so I don't think I'm fooling him.  But he probably has access to my academic records, so he doesn't bother to ask me for money he knows I haven't got. 

BTW, in his pregame radio comments, Steve Moore talked at some length about Kyle Witucky's selfless and unsung contribution in the E&H game, and how he "did the dirty work" that didn't show up in his stat line.  That's more than enough validation for me! 

[billy_pilgrim]

A question about Wabash: I saw Wabash three times last season, each losses in close games (2 Earlham games and Witt in tourney). In each of those close losses, the Little Giants went to a different player in crunch time.

Once again this season, thanks in large part to their fierce team defense, I see that Wabash has been involved in a few close games against solid opponents. My question: has there been any consistency in finding a guy to stick with in those late game situations?

I thought Coffey played very well against Witt and Earlham (game in Richmond) down the stretch last season. But, at least in the Witt game, the ball was in someone else's hands (maybe Joseph, I can't really remember, but definitely one of the guards) for the final shot in regulation. So, can it be Coffey or is Wabash still going to struggle to find a consistent go to guy in those spots?