MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Gregory Sager]

One key game not to be overlooked in the maelstrom of activity on tomorrow's sports schedule is

Penn St.-New Kensington at Allegheny, 7:30 pm -- Live stats

...okay, so maybe it's not key.  Or a maelstrom.  Or even tomorrow, where most of you live.  But what else are you going to do to promote a why-the-heck-are-they-playing-this-in-mid-February game like this?

PSUNK, for the morbidly curious, is a member of the USCAA.

... and has what may be the most amusing acronym in higher education.

[Mr. Ypsi]

One key game not to be overlooked in the maelstrom of activity on tomorrow's sports schedule is

Penn St.-New Kensington at Allegheny, 7:30 pm -- Live stats

...okay, so maybe it's not key.  Or a maelstrom.  Or even tomorrow, where most of you live.  But what else are you going to do to promote a why-the-heck-are-they-playing-this-in-mid-February game like this?

PSUNK, for the morbidly curious, is a member of the USCAA.

... and has what may be the most amusing acronym in higher education.

At least since W[e]SUC[k] became the WIAC!

[wooscotsfan]

One key game not to be overlooked in the maelstrom of activity on tomorrow's sports schedule is

Penn St.-New Kensington at Allegheny, 7:30 pm -- Live stats

...okay, so maybe it's not key.  Or a maelstrom.  Or even tomorrow, where most of you live.  But what else are you going to do to promote a why-the-heck-are-they-playing-this-in-mid-February game like this?

PSUNK, for the morbidly curious, is a member of the USCAA.

....and the Top "PSUNKER" in the USCAA scoring race this season is Justin Reed!


United States Collegiate Athletic Association: Basketball Individual Statistics (USCAA-2 Men)
Leaders for 2009-10.
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SCORING (Min. 10 per game)
Player                         Team   Yr.  Pos      G   No.  Avg/G
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1.  Joel Stryker               NCTA   So   G       10   353    35.30
2.  Moses Brathwaite     MEAUG  So   C       17   418  24.59
3.  L.T. Williams              MEAUG  Jr   F       12   268    22.33
4.  Kevin Carr                 VTC    So   G       21   463     22.05
5.  Marcus Genevro        PSUDB  Sr   G       20   426   21.30
6.  Chris Dickison           PSUDB  So   F/C     20   405  20.25
7.  Justin Reed                PSUNK  So   G/F     11   213  19.36
8.  Darius Prince             PSUGA  So   G       17   329  19.35

[David Collinge]

Allegheny.edu:
"Monday night's men's basketball game between Allegheny and Penn State New Kensington has been postponed. The teams hope to reschedule."
Everybody, keep your fingers crossed.

[ScotsFan]

Allegheny.edu:
"Monday night's men's basketball game between Allegheny and Penn State New Kensington has been postponed. The teams hope to reschedule."
Everybody, keep your fingers crossed.

LOL!  Why don't they just put us out of our misery and just cancel the game altogether?    I'm sure that neither team wants to play an extra game between conference games at this point of the season.  The least they could do is be truthful.  I mean, they hope to reschedule?  Seriously???

[smedindy]

As a player, I would have hated to lose a game of the season. But yeah, this should have been a November / early December tune up.

[David Collinge]

This may be a throw-away game for Allegheny, but it looks like the biggest game on PSUNK's schedule since their clash with Williamson Trade in mid-January.  I mean, just look at how fired up these guys are!

Okay, Lions, on three, Beat the Gators!  One...two...three!

[David Collinge]

Wednesday games not involving any branch campuses of Penn State (and all, I guess, weather permitting):

Allegheny (8-4) at Oberlin (2-10), 7:30pm -- Live everything
Earlham (1-11) at Wittenberg (8-4), 7:30pm -- Live audio and stats
Wooster (12-0) at Hiram (7-5), 7:30pm -- Live everything + live Woo audio
Denison (5-7) at Kenyon (2-10), ~8pm -- Live everything -- Game 2 of a DH, women vs. Wittenberg at 6pm
Wabash (8-4) at OWU (7-5), ~8pm -- Live everything -- Game 2 of a DH, women vs. Hiram at 6pm

[smedindy]

This may be a throw-away game for Allegheny, but it looks like the biggest game on PSUNK's schedule since their clash with Williamson Trade in mid-January.  I mean, just look at how fired up these guys are!

Okay, Lions, on three, Beat the Gators!  One...two...three!

Well, they ARE playing college basketball. Which is more than a great number of slack jawed posters on this here board and site can say.

/Myself included
//Mac Petty didn't need a deathly slow 5'11 forward
///Could shoot the three - but I'm a Hoosier of course

[ScotsFan]

Well, they ARE playing college basketball. Which is more than a great number of slack jawed posters on this here board and site can say.

/Myself included
//Mac Petty didn't need a deathly slow 5'11 forward
///Could shoot the three - but I'm a Hoosier of course

Well, I may not have played college basketball, but that was because I knew my limitations when it came to land sports.  That's why I stuck to the pool through college... 

I did try my hand at IM basketball though and even won a couple of titles with my fraternity bros.     Does that count? 

[Happy Calvin Guy]

One key game not to be overlooked in the maelstrom of activity on tomorrow's sports schedule is

Penn St.-New Kensington at Allegheny, 7:30 pm -- Live stats

...okay, so maybe it's not key.  Or a maelstrom.  Or even tomorrow, where most of you live.  But what else are you going to do to promote a why-the-heck-are-they-playing-this-in-mid-February game like this?

PSUNK, for the morbidly curious, is a member of the USCAA.

... and has what may be the most amusing acronym in higher education.

At least in terms of boxscore acronyms, I'm of fan of Grand Rapids MI-based Davenport University Men's Basketball, or DUMB.

http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mens/basketball/results/2009-10/tip4.htm

[wally_wabash]

Big game about to get underway in Delaware.  Wabash needs to win on the road tonight to keep pace with Witt for the #2 spot (yep...I'm dismissing Earlham's chance to win tonight outright).  Running commentary in this space as I watch OWU's stream from my couch tonight!  

And we're underway.  LGs lead 3-2 early.  OWU came out in man to man [/Raftery voice].  I don't see OWU staying m2m all that long.  

I've lost the live stats and hence the score.  I can tell you that OWU is winning and Wabash is playing ugly basketball through the first five minutes.  Settling for 3s, turning the ball over...not a good start for the LGs.

It's 9-5 OWU with just under 15:00 to play in the 1st half, btw.

12:14 in the 1st - Tim Brady picks up his second foul and hits the bench.  That's a big deal.  Wabash has chipped their way back here and trail 12-11.  

10:48 in the 1st - Wabash gets their first lead of the game on a Derek Baily jumper.  15-14 Wabash.

8:12 in the 1st - LGs lead 17-16 despite OWU not having made a FG in about 8 minutes.  Bishops are living at the line right now.  

7:12 - Wes Smith gets called for a charge...50/50 call there.  That one usually goes for the offense.  In any case, that's Smith's 3rd which is doubly huge.  Score is tied up here 22-22.

Interesting move by Dewitt here...he's brought Brady back in the game with 2 fouls.  Looking to get some offense out of him with Smith on the bench.  Under 4 minutes to play in the half and we're still tied at 22-22.

1:48 - Brady goes out without having scored for OWU.  Bishops lead 28-26.  Close game throughout here...the largest margin has been OWU by 4.  

Halftime at the Branch....Bishops lead 31-28.  Wabash did well in the middle of the period when they attacked the basket...they did quite poorly at the beginning and end of the period when they were cranking up 3s.  Wes Smith did not score in the opening half and sat for the last 7 minutes with 3 fouls.  He's going to be handcuffed with those fouls for awhile in the second half...likely taking away his slash-to-the-rim game.  

Wabash is 2-10 on 3s, 11-28 on the game.  That's 9-18 on shots inside the arc.  I really just don't get it.  

New post for the second half?  I'm thinking so...this post is about to get buried with Wooster/Hiram talk.   

[ScotsFan]

Halftime in Hiram:

Wooster - 44

Hiram - 22

Hiram has yet to break 24 points in a half against the Scots.  The only difference tonight from a couple of weeks ago is that Wooster broke out for 44 instead of the 26 they scored in the first half in Wooster.

Ian Franks is leading the way for Wooster with 14.  Nate Balch has 11(3-3 from downtown) and Bryan Wickliffe has 8.

Wooster is just dominating offensively shooting 56% from the floor and 6-12 from deep.  Hiram is just 29% from the field.

Also, Wooster is killing it on the glass, outrebounding the pups 22-9!   

[ScotsFan]

I missed the opening few minutes of the game and apparently something has happened to Hallowell?  Was he injured?  Apparently, we'll find out more after the game... 

[imderekpoe]

I missed the opening few minutes of the game and apparently something has happened to Hallowell?  Was he injured?  Apparently, we'll find out more after the game... 

Hallowell hurt his ankle early in the game.  My dad said that he went off on crutches at halftime, but was putting a little weight on it.