MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wally_wabash]

Very strange, indeed.  Baruch's website is calling it a 79-77 loss.  Wonder what happened with the livestats.

[Pat Coleman]

More like lie stats. 

[wooscotsfan]

Are you watching on video? Live stats say Baruch hit a three to win.

http://daytona.embryriddlesports.com/newLiveStats/Basketball/index.dbml?GAME_STAT_ID=525045&db_oem_id=11500

Live Stats had the wrong, inflated score for Baruch for most of the second half.  Wooster won 79-77.

[Pat Coleman]

Ahh. So that Farid Tammer three actually happened, it just cut the score to two.

[ScotsFan]

All I have to say is phew!  Baruch put up a real fight in this one.  While I didn't watch the live video, I did listen to the radio feed and Baruch did have a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win but, I can assure everyone, the shot did not go in!  Wooster remains unbeaten on the season and Baruch suffers another close loss to a top 5 team.

Franks took over the game at the end as I think 8 of his 25 points came in the final 3 minutes or so!

Hallowell continues to really play well as he came a point short form his season high of 26 vs. Anderson.

Wooster survives arguably the toughest stretch of basketball they will face this season as they finished off their 4th game in 6 days against 4 pretty darn good basketball teams.  

Now the Scots are off until next Saturday so they can get some much needed rest and hopefully get some bumps and bruises healed up before their big showdown with Wabash in Crawfordsville on the 8th!

[ScotsFan]

Ahh. So that Farid Tammer three actually happened, it just cut the score to two.

No, Baruch was down 2 and Farid did shoot a trey at the buzzer, but he missed...

[ScotsFan]

I've been meaning to ask the last couple of days, but why do we have a poll on the NCAC board as to who will win the OAC?   

[KnightSlappy]

I've been meaning to ask the last couple of days, but why do we have a poll on the NCAC board as to who will win the OAC?   

Because we already know Wooster will win the NCAC.

Just kidding Wabash fans!

[Pat Coleman]

Live Stats had the wrong, inflated score for Baruch for most of the second half.  Wooster won 79-77.

No, Baruch was down 2 and Farid did shoot a trey at the buzzer, but he missed...

OK -- these don't agree but I guess I'll wait for a game story at this point.

[wooscotsfan]

Wooster's scoring balance of the top 3 of Ian Franks, Justin Hallowell and Nathan Balch won this game today!

In the last 5+ minutes of the game, Wooster's top 3 scored 16 points after trailing 64-63 to Baruch:

- Justin Hallowell hit 2 critical three pointers (1 with 5+ minutes left, 1 with ~3:30 left ) for 6 total points

- Ian Franks scored 8 total points in the last ~4:15 of the game with 2 buckets and 4 of 4 FT's when fouled

- Nathan Balch nailed the 2 free throws to win the game with <30 seconds left; also made 3 three pointers today.

Combined, Wooster's top 3 players had 61 of the team's total 79 points today.  Great performance by the top 3!  

[ScotsFan]

Live Stats had the wrong, inflated score for Baruch for most of the second half.  Wooster won 79-77.

No, Baruch was down 2 and Farid did shoot a trey at the buzzer, but he missed...

OK -- these don't agree but I guess I'll wait for a game story at this point.

How don't they agree?  Wooster was up 79-77.  Baruch had the ball.  They missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer and the final ends 79-77.  I heard it go down on the radio feed.  That's the game story.

[Pat Coleman]

That doesn't jive with Baruch having the inflated score for most of the second half. A credited made three at the buzzer means the score was 79-77 (correct) before the three was incorrectly credited.

[David Collinge]

I've been meaning to ask the last couple of days, but why do we have a poll on the NCAC board as to who will win the OAC?   

Why not?  I think most posters have an interest in that race, and many have an opinion.  I think it's an interesting question.  I like having a poll in this room, and it's not so easy to craft a question that won't just end up as a litmus test for how many fans each school has.  That is, I could ask "Who will win the NCAC Regular Season: Wabash, Wittenberg, Wooster, someone else?" but I fear that would just end up with the same results as "Which is your favorite team?" (with GoRed providing the crucial swing vote ); personally I don't think that would be an interesting result.

[David Collinge]

Elsewhere, nothing but bad news:

Muskingum 57, Kenyon 56
CWRU 74, Oberlin 60

Non-conference record stands at 41-36.  I think there's just three non-conference games left on the composite schedule, so let's all congratulate each other on the >.500 record for the season!

[David Collinge]

One game tomorrow, a game potentially filled with drama:

Pitt-Bradford at Wittenberg, 6pm -- audio and live stats