MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 66  Kenyon 65

Whew!  Wooster was down 6 with only 1:28 left and rallied to get the win!  Nathan Balch got the winning layup with 2 seconds left on a great pass from Ian Franks.

Wooster was led by Ian Franks with 29 points, Bryan Wickliffe with 9 points (8 boards) and Nathan Balch with 9 points.

Kenyon was led by JT Knight with 16 points and Dave Knapke with 12 points.

This was a big NCAC road win and Ian Franks made some huge shots down the stretch to pull out this victory.

Wooster shot only 37% from the floor but they did make 15 of 15 free throws and they needed every one of them!

Wooster is now 4-3.  NCAC 2-0.  Next up is the Randolph Macon tourney in Virginia on 12/13.

[ScotsFan]

seriously....Wooster down 3 with a minute to go and the video feed goes down

seriously.....

No kidding!  8)  Seriously???  Thanks Kenyon for allowing us to miss that fantastic finish!

Wooster escapes today in a game that they were far from deserving of winning!

Hats off to Kenyon for putting together a hardfaught effort!  I still can't believe the Scots pulled that one off!  But I'll definitely take it! 

[David Collinge]

Another thriller is taking place in Meadville, where OWU has fought back to lead 67-66 with 0:53 left.

Earlham defeats Oberlin 82-77.

Denison is trying to close out Wabash, leading 71-59 with 2:00 left.

Thanks Kenyon for allowing us to miss that fantastic finish!

Yeah, it's frustrating; streaming video still has a lot of bugs in it.  I tried to watch some of the Hiram/Denison women's game, and never got an image at all.  But I'm glad they're trying to give us this service.  39 minutes of video is not as good as 40, but a lot better than 0.

[David Collinge]

George Raftis blocks a potential game-winning layup by Tim Brady, and OWU and Gheny go to overtime, tied at 67!

Denison survives Wabash's comeback attempt and wins 78-71.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Denison 78  Wabash 71

Big Red pull the upset at home to get their first win of the season.  Chris Luther led with 32 points.  Wes Smith led the Little Giants with 20 points.  Wabash is now 2-4, 0-1 NCAC.  Denison is now 1-5, 1-0 NCAC.

[wally_wabash]

Congratulations to Denison on getting to 1-0 in league play. 

I don't have much to say about this one.  Obviously, this is not an acceptable result for a veteran Wabash team.  It took Wabash 7 minutes and 37 seconds of game time before they scored a point.  You just can't spot any team 8 minutes and 15 points to start a game and win.  Maybe finally getting to play at home next week will snap Wabash out of the funk. 

[David Collinge]

Allegheny comes out on top in the nip-and-tuck battle in Meadville, 79-76 in OT.  Charlie Jaicks led the Gators with 16, and seven other Gators had at least 7 points.  By contrast, OWU was led by 28 from Tim Brady, while Pat Pellerite (15), Andy Winters (14), and Rob Gardiner (eight) added 37, but the rest of the roster combined for a total of 11 points.  OWU drops to 0-2 in conference play and has a very hard road ahead of them.

[seinfeld]

Did not see the Wooster-Kenyon result coming at all. I never remember a Steve Moore team struggling like this seven games into a season.

I think Franks has not only answered the question about being Wooster's best player (and one of the top players in the NCAC), but I think the leadership mantle is now his. He single-handily won this game, and was responsible for keeping Wooster in the OWU game the other night before they pulled away.

The two players that have to get going are Balch and Hallowell. Balch is really struggling from the field, which is really a surprise, considering the couldn't miss practically down the stretch last year. I think he might be struggling trying to find his role in the offense now that he is playing with two guards (Johnson and Franks) instead of one like last year.

As for Hallowell, he is going to shoot better, obviously, but thinking he was going to shoot threes like last year is unrealistic. What surprises me is that he hasn't developed his offensive game more. I had heard he had worked on scoring more in the paint and off the dribble during the summer, but if he did, he hasn't shown it. And with him playing the power forward position most of the time, it would be nice to get him to do something in the paint once in a while. He certainly has the size to shoot over people. If nothing else, he needs to show more diversity in his offensive game to make the defenses back off him a little bit.

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Hiram 47  Wittenberg 36

Glenn Campbell is hitting the high notes for the Terriers with 11 points.  Gregg Hill is leading the Tigers with 8 points.

15:08 left in 2nd Half:  Hiram 61  Wittenberg 42  Terriers looking good in this game.

5:52 left:  Hiram 80  Wittenberg 65  Terriers have balanced scoring with 5 players in double figures.

[David Collinge]

Holy cow, where has this Hiram team been all year?   

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Hiram 92  Wittenberg 74

Terriers were led by Babajide Eniola with 20 points and Chris Roberts with 16 points.

Tigers were led by Chris Sullivan with 17 points and Gregg Hill with 13 points.

[wooscotsfan]

Parity in the North Coast this year?

Strange first Saturday in the NCAC! 

Who would have guessed that Ohio Wesleyan, Wittenberg and Wabash would all pick up losses and Wooster would need a buzzer beater basket to pull out a win?

[David Collinge]

Who would have guessed that Ohio Wesleyan, Wittenberg and Wabash would all pick up losses and Wooster would need a buzzer beater basket to pull out a win?

ScotsFan was all over that Denison/Wabash result, and warned us that it was going to be an interesting afternoon.

[David Collinge]

Another day, another 1,000 point scorer!  Today, congratulations go out to Wittenberg senior Gregg Hill, who reached the milestone in the first half of today's game at Hiram.  I'm sure he'd have traded it for a victory, or even for a shorter bus ride, but congratulations all the same!

[pennstghs]

Did anyone watch video of the Hiram/Witt game today? I wasn't able to see it as I was officiating a game somewhere. Sounds like Witt just couldn't stop Hiram defensively and pocket points together and make a run at first glance at the stats.

Interesting game indeed next Wednesday at Witt between Witt and Kenyon. I doubt either team would like to start conference play 0-2