MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[ScotsFan]

Scots just had Scott Purcell check in, for his first minutes since game one, when he was injured about a minute after checking into his first collegiate game.  Hopefully he'll stay healthy and be able to contribute!

And Purcell nails a trey for his first collegiate fg of his career! 

[kiltedbryan]

SF-

Hope you're having as much fun listening to this as I am.

Do you remember when the last time was that Wooster just ran away with a game like this against a good team? 

The example that comes to mind for me was when they simply ran away from a good Ohio Wesleyan team in the NCAC tournament finals back to start the '07 run to the Final Four.

[ScotsFan]

Yeah.  This is some good stuff kb!

Everyone is on fire!  Now twelve different Scots have found the score sheet!

What is more amazing is that this rout is being done with Nate Balch being held scoreless tonight!     b To be fair though, he did only attempt 1 trey which he missed.

Check that.  Nate Balch is the ONLY Scot to not find the score sheet tonight as 14 different players scored at least a point tonight! 

[kiltedbryan]

Yeah.  This is some good stuff kb!

Everyone is on fire!  Now twelve different Scots have found the score sheet!

What is more amazing is that this rout is being done with Nate Balch being held scoreless tonight!    

Clearly, a big part of the story here was that Anderson just didn't have it going, at all.

But that doesn't take away from the Scots putting together one their best half of the season, by far.  That was stunning.


Wooster shoots 20-26 (77%) in the second half!

Balch ends up being the only Scot that didn't score.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 89  Anderson 48

Impressive road win for Wooster as they overwhelmed Anderson with their precision shooting in the 2nd half!

Wooster was led tonight by Justin Hallowell with 26 points (4 three pointers), Ian Franks with 15 points and Jake Mays with 10 points.

Anderson's top scorers were Jake Browne with 7 points and Gabe Miller with 6 points.

Scots scored 61 points in the 2nd half!  Wooster won the battle of the boards by a 46 to 30 count.

Wooster is now 9-0, 4-0 NCAC   Next up is John Carroll at home on 12/28.

[ScotsFan]

Clearly, a big part of the story here was that Anderson just didn't have it going, at all.

You aren't kidding.  Coming into this game Anderson had 6 guys averaging double figures in scoring.  Tonight...  NOBODY in double figures!

[kiltedbryan]

FWIW, Massey had this one at 67-66 in favor of Wooster.   

[ScotsFan]

In other action:

OWU is still clinging to a 2 point lead with just under 10 to go, 45-43.

[woosterbooster]

No one could have seen this rout coming.  Anderson's prior losses were close games, on the road, to good ballclubs.  Tonight they got drubbed, at home, and only a mediocre second half of the first half by the Scots kept it from being even worse.  Why they chose to take so many threes is baffling, since that's not their normal protocol.  It wasn't as if the clock was winding down and they had to hoist them; these were early-offense shots.  Maybe they were good looks, I don't know, impossible to tell on the radio.  At any rate, lots of them were bad misses, even air balls, and that was that.

A monster win for Wooster.  Bring on the Connecticut women!

[pennstghs]

Wittenberg up 1 with 2.5 seconds to go

Update: Wittenberg wins 64-62

[David Collinge]

Updated conference standings:
Wabash 4-0
Wooster 4-0
Wittenberg 3-0
Hiram 1-2
Allegheny 1-3
Denison 1-3
Ohio Wesleyan 1-3
Kenyon 0-2
Oberlin 0-2


Non conference goes to 33-25.

[kiltedbryan]

I don't really know if this is unusual or not, but the Scots scored at least 2 points in every single minute of the second half.  In 17 of the 20 minutes, they had at least one field goal; in the other three they made two foul shots.

Also, kudos to Matt Fegan for his 8 point, 4 board, 9 assist (only 1 turnover), 1 block and 2 steal night in 24 minutes.  That's a pretty good set of all-around contributions.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

You might not make the team right now.  Wabash is awfully good this year.

[WAlum]

I put this on the OAC board on a conversation about Otterbein.  I did it for the NCAC as well to see how their teams do.

"the disagreement on reynolds reminded me of something I was thinking about this weekend.  I was watching a high school game saturday night at my daughters school.  There were two evenly matched teams.  In the last four minutes of the game one coach made all the right decisions and the other did not.  It seems that the best coaches win the majority of their games decided by five or less points with their preparation and ability to put their team in a position to win.  Anyone interested in looking back at the last three years to see the teams records in games decided by 5 or less?  It may be a slow day at the office.  If so, I will try to gather the information to see where Reynolds teams would fit be compared to others."

2009-10 season and 10-11 - 5 point games or less (and OT)
Allegheny 4-4
Denison 2-5
Hiram 7-5
Kenyon 2-7
Oberlin 1-4
OWU 2-4
Wabash 5-2
Witt 3-3
Wooster 4-1

[smedindy]

I don't think there's anything significant here. It seems to me that teams perform about what they normally do if the game is close or not. There needs to be a lot more data gathered for multiple years and multiple conferences to see if any trend happens.