MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wooscotsfan]

Wooster's balanced scoring and three point shooting were the major reasons they escaped with the narrow road win tonight.

Ian Franks got the game winner but he did not shoot well tonight hitting only 7 of 17 shots from the floor.  Hallowell with 6 of 10 shooting, Balch with 5 of 10 shooting and Fegan 5 of 10 shooting (all three pointers) picked up the slack so Wooster got enough points for the road victory.

Scots made 14 three pointers tonight compared to only 8 for Allegheny and that was the difference in the game.  The Gators won the boards 34 to 32 and also outshot the Scots 48% to 47%.  Turnovers were even.

[David Collinge]

THIS JUST IN...

Kenyon 81, Oberlin 65 -- Balance: KC had seven players score between 8 and 15 points, with Kodey Haddox leading the list.  Kenyon also dominated the glass, 38-21, led by new rebounding sensation Ikenna Nwadibia's 10.  Kenyon shot a blistering 58% for the game (68% in the first half), which helps account for Oberlin's paltry 15 defensive rebounds--Kenyon only missed 19 shots in the game.

Updated standings:
Wooster 3-0
Wabash 2-0
Wittenberg 2-0
Kenyon 1-1
Ohio Wesleyan 1-1
Allegheny 1-2
Denison 1-2
Hiram 0-2
Oberlin 0-3

[smedindy]

Wabash is 2-0, 9-0

They have 14 conference games left and one non conference. 14+1 = 15+9 = 24

[David Collinge]

Wabash is 2-0, 9-0

They have 14 conference games left and one non conference. 14+1 = 15+9 = 24

Yeah, I was just wondering why the LGs haven't got a 25th game, but that wonder of mine has already generated 3x as many posts as intended. 

[smedindy]

Ah, this crowd will talk about anything, really.

Last year Allegheny was one short and so was Wabash. Haven't looked back farther than that...

[fantastic50]

Late last week, a conversation with Wooster senior Kaleb Reed reminded me that  the "Phi Beta Kappa conference."  One of the big pastimes of the Scots this year is the 1980s favorite "speed-cubing", that is, solving the Rubik's cube as fast as possible.  Ian Franks was the first to learn how to do it, and now a half-dozen of his teammates have followed.  Kaleb's senior Independent Study thesis is focused on the mathematics behind this puzzle, mostly in algebraic group theory.

[wally_wabash]

Late last week, a conversation with Wooster senior Kaleb Reed reminded me that  the "Phi Beta Kappa conference."  One of the big pastimes of the Scots this year is the 1980s favorite "speed-cubing", that is, solving the Rubik's cube as fast as possible.  Ian Franks was the first to learn how to do it, and now a half-dozen of his teammates have followed.  Kaleb's senior Independent Study thesis is focused on the mathematics behind this puzzle, mostly in algebraic group theory.

Rotating the corners...that's the hardest part.   

[Gregory Sager]

Late last week, a conversation with Wooster senior Kaleb Reed reminded me that  the "Phi Beta Kappa conference."

I love the fact that this is an incomplete sentence.

[fantastic50]

This is what happens when you major in math at a big public university, where composition classes are optional...   

[Gregory Sager]

It's definitely the English major nerd in me having a laugh at the expense of the math major nerds.

[smedindy]

It's definitely the English major nerd in me having a laugh at the expense of the math major nerds.

[Gregory Sager]

Ha! It's been a while since somebody posted ol' Ogre.

[pennstghs]

In Witt news: Michael Cooper should return in Witt's next game in 2 weeks vs Ohio Wesleyan.... BIG GAME!!!

[David Collinge]

Scott Tedder '88 (individually) and the entire 1987-88 national championship OWU men's basketball team will be inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame next spring.  Congratulations to Scott and the entire team, and especially to former Bishops guard and current Head Coach Mike DeWitt, who made the championship possible by graduating in 1987 and getting out of the way. 

[smedindy]

Scott Tedder '88 (individually) and the entire 1987-88 national championship OWU men's basketball team will be inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame next spring.  Congratulations to Scott and the entire team, and especially to former Bishops guard and current Head Coach Mike DeWitt, who made the championship possible by graduating in 1987 and getting out of the way. 

And knowing Mike, he'd be the first to admit that!