MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wooscotsfan]

A real tragedy.  As a father of a 3 year old myself, it is hard to imagine losing such a young child in a terrible accident.  Sympathies and prayers go to Doug Cline and his family.

[WooMix]

I went to the Wooster basketball website as I so ritually do everyday and saw the story about the accident.  Extremely sad and unfortunate.  My deepest sympathies to the Cline family and the whole Wooster community at large for this unfathomable loss.

[BUBeaverFan]

My family and I send our thoughts and prayers to the Cline family and the entire Wooster Fighting Scots community.  I had the opportunity to meet Coach Cline through mutual friends at the OHSAA State Basketball Tournament over the years.  He is great man and a loving father and husband.  May they all feel God's healing presence in their lives as they cope with this tragedy.  God Bless!

[ECHOOPER]

As a player that played against the Scots.  Thoughts and prayers go to Coach Cline and the Wooster family.  Right its not about what team your with but about a member of the conference losing a loved one.

[ScotsFan]

As a player that played against the Scots.  Thoughts and prayers go to Coach Cline and the Wooster family.  Right its not about what team your with but about a member of the conference losing a loved one.

Amen!  +1 for that!

[lebron23]

Good luck tonight Scots!...i'm sure they'll be playing the rest of this season for Corey!                                                                                                                     

[Ryder16]

"play it for corey" is the message given by coach Cline to the team after Monday's practice, I would say the odds of Wooster winning this match up and the entire conference tournament just went up a little bit as they will all be playing their hearts out for the little guy they all loved like a brother!


keeping the cline family in our prayers

[wally_wabash]

Halftime in Hiram:

Wabash 38
Hiram 34

It's been a back and forth half with both teams trading the lead most of the half.  Chase Haltom hit a long three pointer ahead of the buzzer.  I believe he's leading Wabash with 12 points.  Should be a good second half....go Little Giants!

[wooscotsfan]

Congratulations to Justin Hallowell who has made his 79th three pointer and thus set a new Wooster record for most three pointers in a season!

[wally_wabash]

Here comes the running second half post...

16:40 - Wabash leads 42-34 and Hiram is struggling to get into any kind of offense.  We're in a timeout for the Terriers here.  Brent Harris tells me that Hiram is up to 13 TOs for the game which is a lot.  And before I post, Wes Smith gets a layup and ups the lead to 10. 

12:47 - Hiram has gone to a pretty aggressive full court press here which is bothering the Little Giants a bit. It's 48-41 in favor of the LGs here as Hiram has a little bit of momentum back on their side.   

10:25 - Mac Petty gets a timeout as Hiram's press has become a serious nuisance.  As bad as the last couple of minutes have gone, Wabash maintains a seven point advantage, 53-46. 

6:25 - Wabash has settled down a bit and stretched the lead back out to 60-50.  Hiram's full court press is working, but if Hiram isn't making a shot and can't set up the press or Wabash breaks it, the LGs are having their way with the Terriers in the half court.  Wes Smith is having a great second half here and is Wabash's leading scorer with 17 points.  The Terriers are just 5-21 on FGs in the second half. 

Worth noting that Wes Smith is owning Chris Roberts.  Smith has 21 points in the game while Roberts, who just hit a three pointer, has just 9 (Wes is guarding Roberts pretty much exclusively this evening).  And I just missed the score as Hiram is in a timeout, but the lead sits around 9 or 10 points here with 4:30 to go. 

4:01 - Chase Haltom hits two free throws, and Wabash has a 12 point advantage (sorry I don't have the exact score).  Haltom has 17 in the game.  Pfouts I believe answers with a three pointer so we're back to a nine point game. 

70-61 is the score with Pfouts at the line.  He gets one of the two and the score is at 70-62. 

Oh my...after a Wabash turnover, Hiram gets a triple and the lead is down to 5. 

Andrew Gilman just quiets the Terrier fans with a humongous three pointer.  That's a clutch bucket!  I'm hoping to get a time remain...there it is.  2:20 to go.  Eight point Wabash lead.

Hiram turns the ball over...Wabash back with the ball.  Shot clock violation.  Ugh. 

1:31 - Wabash maintains their eight point advantage.  Chase Haltom is going to the line and he misses.  A rare miss from Haltom.  Rebound to Hiram.  On the other end, Pfouts gets physical with Wabash's Ben Burkett who picks up the foul (ending his evening).  Pfouts gets the basket to fall and the freebie.  73-68 is the score in favor of Wabash. 

Haltom drains a trey!!!  Fanfreakintastic!!!  35.7 seconds to go and Wabash creeps back out to an eight point lead.  Hiram misses their attempt to answer and Haltom will go to the line for Wabash.  Haltom gets them both and Wabash is back up to a ten point lead at 78-68. 

We are running this one out here.  Wabash is going to advance to the semifinals at Wooster this weekend! 

Well, we're trying to run this one out.  Hiram won't let it go just yet.  Nope...Fleming is clearing the bench.  This should be the last foul shot of the game here as Haltom hits another pair of free throws. 

Ball game.  83-75 win for the LGs.  They'll be back in action Friday at 6:00 p.m. at Timken.   Excellent job tonight Little Giants!

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Wooster 49  Denison 25

Wooster is being led by Nathan Balch with 9 points (3 three pointers), Justin Hallowell with 8 points (2 three pointers), Marty Bidwell with 7 points, Bryan Wickliffe with 6 points (5 boards) and Greg Ross also with 6 points.

Denison's top scorers are Larry Farmer with 6 points, Casey Stockton with 6 points and Jeremy Stuhlfauth also with 6 points.

Wooster made 8 three pointers in the half compared to only 2 for the Big Red.

UPDATE:  11:00 left  Wooster 71  Denison 43  Looks like the NCAC tourney semi-finals will be at Wooster.
Now 4:00 left  Wooster 94  Denison 58

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:   Wittenberg 35  Kenyon 32

Kevin Murray (8 points) and Mark Snyder (6 points) are leading the Tigers.

Yelvington (2 pts, 2 boards) is playing and J.T. Knight is leading the Lords with 13 points.

UPDATE:  7:33 left  Kenyon 51  Wittenberg 49
Now 6:26 left  Witt 54  Kenyon 51  Tigers on a 5-0 run
Now 2:49 left  Witt 54  Kenyon 53  Scoring drought for both teams
Now 2:13 left  Witt 55  Kenyon 55  Kenyon ball and timeout
0:40 left  Kenyon 61  Wittenberg 55  Jim Arce hit back to back three pointers for the Lords

[ECHOOPER]

Any update on the OWU/GHENY game?

[wally_wabash]

Negative EC.  No audio, no video, no live stats.  We'll all be in the dark until a score gets posted somewhere. 

OWU streams some of their games.  Why wouldn't they stream the tournament game?   

Looks like we're going down to the wire in Springfield.  Kenyon leads 61-57 with 33 seconds to go.

Ballgame.  Kenyon goes back to Springfield and picks off Wittenberg 65-60. 

[Li'l Giant]

First, the Wooster family has my deepest condolences in what is undoubtedly  a tough time. I have no children myself but you'd have to be a monster not to be saddened by the tragic death of a child. Thoughts to the Cline family and Dustin Geitgey in this terrible time.

Second, I'm glad Wabash's offense showed up. Let's hope they keep it going. Wabash Always Fights!

LG