MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

Interesting spotlight video on 6 wooster basketball players and the rubiks cube of all things on wooster athletics website.

http://www.woosterathletics.com/landing/index

Even better the second time around! 

[wabashsid]

Wabash head basketball coach Mac Petty will be on the first hour of tonight's Hoopsville broadcast.

[wally_wabash]

Wabash head basketball coach Mac Petty will be on the first hour of tonight's Hoopsville broadcast.

As a return guest to Hoopsville, I think they should name his segment tonight "Return of the Mac".   

[David Collinge]

The first two games mentioned in the poll are approaching, so I've locked the voting.  I'll immortalize the results, and we'll see if any of them came true.

OWU over Wabash, 1/26 -- 8 votes
Allegheny over Wabash, 1/15 -- 7 votes
Hiram over Wooster, 2/2 -- 6 votes
Denison over Wooster, 1/15 -- 3 votes

Thanks for participating!

[David Collinge]

Saturday's slate:

Wabash at Allegheny, 1pm -- live stats
Kenyon at Oberlin, 1pm -- video and live stats -- Game 1 of a doubleheader; women vs. 'Gheny follows
Wooster at Denison, ~3pm -- live stats; audio -- Game 2 of a W/M doubleheader
OWU at Hiram, ~3pm -- live stats -- Game 2 of a W/M doubleheader
Ohio Northern at Wittenberg, 3pm -- video, audio, and live stats -- NCAC non-con record stands at 42-36

I may not be around for several days, so enjoy the games!

[bashbrother]

Wabash 80
Allegheny 58

FINAL

Wes Smith 32 Points - DUNK!  - Turnovers killed Gheny (22)

AJ Sutherlin - makes two - 3 pt Jumpers!!!!!!!

What a way for Wabash to step up after the loss to Wooster..... great road win for the Little Giants a long way from homeQ


Kenyon 62
Oberlin 49

Late 2nd - Up early, Oberlin's upset bid is done

[wooscotsfan]

Nice road win for Wabash as Meadville can be a tough place to get a victory.

Final:  Kenyon 71  Oberlin 56    Lords led by Uros Vasiljevik with 13 points;  Geoff Simpson led Oberlin with 13.

[ScotsFan]

As I was listening to the pregame show, Mike Breckenridge mentioned that if OSU won today they would likely be #1 in the nation.  So I thought, Wooster is #1 in D3, OSU is #1 in DI and if Findlay hadn't lost last week (they had been #1 in D2), the state of Ohio could have been home to the #1 basketball team in all divisions of the NCAA!   

[ScotsFan]

Someone take the lid off the Scots' basket already!  

Wooster jumps out to a 14-4 lead and then have proceeded to miss 10 of their last 11 and Denison has scored 13 straight to take the lead in this one!

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Denison 28  Wooster 27

Justin Hallowell is leading Wooster with 15 points and Bryan Wickliffe has 4 points, 9 boards.

For Denison, Dimonde Hale has 9 points and Alex Longi has added 6 points.

Wooster shot only 27% in the half.  Scots did outrebound the Big Red 28 to 16.  Ian Franks has 3 fouls.

[ScotsFan]

Good thing Hallowell made the trip today.  He is 4-7 from the field (all 3-point attempts).  Meanwhile the rest of the Scots are just 4-23 from the field!   

Part of Wooster's woes this afternoon is the fact that Ian Franks has been saddled with foul trouble (3 fouls - 2 offensive) and has only played 11 minutes in the first half and has only 2 points!

I might be able to hear Moore in the Wooster lockerroom at halftime down in Granville all the way up here in Wooster!   

[kiltedbryan]

I think the Scots will be OK as long as they can minimize their turnovers and keep up their rebounding advantage.

Likely that the Scots won't follow up a 27% shooting half with another one.  It sounded like they had plenty of good looks, just weren't hitting them in the first half.

[ScotsFan]

I think the Scots will be OK as long as they can minimize their turnovers and keep up their rebounding advantage.

Looks like you were right.  Wooster is now in the midst of an 11-0 run and now lead 47-40!

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 72  Denison 64 

Scots escape Granville with a road win despite an ugly shooting performance.  Less than 40%.

Wooster's top scorers:  Justin Hallowell 20, Nathan Balch 15, Ian Franks 14  Wickliffe with 15 Boards

Denison's top scorers:  Dimonde Hale 18, Alex Longi 12, Mike Garabedian 10

Wooster won this game with good defense and by winning the rebound battle.

Wooster is now 16-0, 7-0 NCAC   Next game is Allegheny at home on 1/19

[wooscotsfan]

All the NCAC 1/15 Final Scores:

Wooster 72  Denison 64
Wittenberg 73  Ohio Northern 60
Ohio Wesleyan 71  Hiram 58
Kenyon 71  Oberlin 56
Wabash 80  Allegheny 58