MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wooscotsfan]

NCAC Final Scores:

Wabash 66  Oberlin 61
Ohio Wesleyan 92  Hiram 86
Allegheny 70  Kenyon 65
Wooster 64  Earlham 51
At the Half:  Witt 42  Denison 27

David -- these scores are currently not available on D3Hoops. 

[earlhamalum]

Starting to think I'm good luck for the Scots and back luck for EC!  Didn't get to the game until half-time, and the 2nd half wasn't that great for Earlham.   Granted first time wooster 9 fouls, Earlham 1 with 1:23 left in the 2nd half.   

EC didn't get much to any help other then Jewett in the scoring department, he went 9-15 from the field and if you take him out of the equation i'd hate to see what Earlham shot from the field.  Earlham has never won against Wooster, but Coach Justus has had the lead 3 times at half-time.    1.5-20.5    Gotta take the small moral victories. 

Hope all you Scot fans have a safe trip back to lovely WOOSTER, Ohio.

[David Collinge]

Final score:
Wittenberg 87
Denison 65
Also has not yet reached the scoreboard. 

[ScotsFan]

Wooster's shooting improved in the 2nd half, including 4 made three pointers.

That it did.  Wooster shot under 30% in the 1st half but rebounded to shoot 57% in the 2nd half to finish the game with a ho-hum 41%.

For Earlham, Markous Jewett had 24 points and Tristian Gregory chipped in 10 points.

And all of Gregory's points came in the 1st half.  The Scots defense did well in shutting him out in the 2nd half as well as holding Henry to just 2 points on a pair of ft's.  He came into the game averaging almost 14 ppg.

I didn't hear the final fg % for Earlham in the game, but I do believe that they were at 50% in the 1st half.  That couldn't have been too encouraging for the EC going into the break with just a 2 point lead knowing that Wooster couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, shooting under 30% and Earlham was shooting 50%.  I guess things worked themselves out in the 2nd half.

[wooscotsfan]

NCAC Current Standings thru 1/27 Results:

Wooster 10-0 (17-2)
Wittenberg 8-2 (16-3)
Ohio Wesleyan 7-3 (13-6)
Earlham 5-5 (7-12)
Hiram 5-5 (6-13)
Allegheny 4-6 (8-10)
Wabash 4-6 (7-12)
Kenyon 3-7 (7-12)
Denison 2-8 (3-15)
Oberlin 2-8 (3-16)

[gotigers]

sigh....i miss ncac basketball. im stuck down in florida rooting for embry-riddle in the naia d2 florida sun confrence...granted they are tied for 1rst with a small school called warner southern college....both teams are really good, but its nothing compared to good old wittenberg basketball (along with the rest of the ncac)

i guess im not exactly stuck in florida...but im not going home till june so ya.

[ScotsFan]

gotigers,

As I sit beside the fire of my warm house with an outside temp of 15 dgrees and watching the snow fall, my heart bleeds for you that you are stuck down there in sunny, warm FLA.   

[gotigers]

ya i figured that wasnt the right choice of words consdering im talking to mostly, if not all, northerners (sp?)!!!

[pennstghs]

well guys wooster week is upon us....any word on wittenberg distribution of tickets?

[ScotsFan]

Nothing yet up on the Wooster Basketball homepage about ticket distribution.

[wally_wabash]

Ah, we've got all week to talk about Wooster/Witt.  Let's talk about something that touches all of us...the NCAC PotW award.  As promised, this week's award fell to an outstanding player from either OWU or Oberlin, largely because they are the two schools that haven't yet had a player chosen for the award.  OWU's Dustin Rudegair gets the nod this week for his role in OWU's wins over Oberlin and Hiram. 

Nine PotW awards have been given, and nine teams have been represented.  That puts Oberlin squarely in the crosshairs.  Who's got the stones to bet against Quenton Spencer this week?   

By the way, do these kids get anything for being named NCAC PotW?  An Applebee's gift certificate, some free iTunes downloads...anything? 

[smedindy]

You know, when I engineered Reds games at the local station back in the 80s, I remember when the guests of those pregame and postgame radio shows used to get like gift certificates to a restaurant or a free watch or something. I think that was payment for having to sit through an interview with Joe Nuxhall.

For these kids, I think it's just a laurel and a hearty handshake.

[David Collinge]

I think what they get is pride and a sense of accomplishment, at least until they log on here and see their accomplishment run down by Wally Wabash.  You may think this is a silly award given out in a predictable manner, but what does it hurt? 

I say congratulations to Dustin for his achievement. 

[wally_wabash]

Not saying the kid shouldn't be congratulated, just saying it was hardly a surprise. 

My opinion, FWIW (which is next to nothing in this little corner of cyberspace), is that if we're going to have an NCAC PotW award, then everybody in the NCAC ought be eligible for said award every week.  That clearly isn't the case here in which case the award isn't nearly as presitgious as it could or should be.  We could do better...that's all I'm saying. 

[Li'l Giant]

An Applebee's gift certificate

Gee, that would be some congratulations, wouldn't it? Yuck.