MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Bearman17]

Sad Day for Wabash and all of DIII with Mac's announcement. Total class and the game will miss him. Thanks for the great memories and for turning out not only great players and teams but quality individuals.

[wally_wabash]

I wouldn't go with sad.  Of the many, many outstanding people that I've had the privelage to meet/know/work with/cover, Coach Petty stands out as one of the best.  There will be time later to reminisce about and celebrate this great career, but he's not done yet.  There's still plenty of work to do on this season and plenty of goals to accomplish.  WAF!

[David Collinge]

Four doubleheaders today!  Get thee to a gymnasium!  All links are valid for both games, except for the Wooster audio link (men only).

Hiram at Allegheny: women 6pm, men ~8pm -- live stats
Denison at Kenyon: men 6pm, women ~8pm -- video, audio, and live stats
Wooster at Oberlin: men 6pm, women ~8pm -- video and live stats; audio (W; men only)
Wittenberg at Ohio Wesleyan: women 6pm, men ~8pm -- video and live stats; audio (W)

Oops!  Got the tip times mixed up at Gambier.  Just to clarify, the men play first at Kenyon and Oberlin, while the women play first at Allegheny and OWU.

[David Collinge]

Early games:
Wooster 79, Oberlin 62...Wooster trailed the whole first half, 30-28 at the break.
Kenyon 80, Denison 66

[pennstghs]

Wittenberg 45 Ohio Wesleyan 40 with 18:00 minutes to go

[woosterbooster]

Dang.  The picture on the Witt-OWU video is about the best I've ever seen for DIII.  But after a minute or so, it just began stopping, even slipping backwards.  Unwatchable now.

[seinfeld]

Did Hallowell get injured? Only played 5 minutes. It was this exact same game of the year last season that he got hurt and then missed four games.

[David Collinge]

Did Hallowell get injured? Only played 5 minutes. It was this exact same game of the year last season that he got hurt and then missed four games.

Breckenridge said he was icing his back and talking to the trainer in the second half.

Hiram shot 70% in the first half and ran away and hid from Allegheny.  Final was 72-57.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wittenberg 76  Ohio Wesleyan 70

Chris Sullivan made 8 of 12 three point shots and led Witt in scoring with 24 points.

I hope that Wooster guards Sullivan closely on Saturday! 

[pennstghs]

Wittenberg as a team shot 14-25 from 3 point range, hopefully they save some of that for Saturday night as well.

Also, now that we can look forward to Saturday: all seats are reserved again this year for the game and a big crowd is expected.

Congrats to Chris Sullivan for breaking the school record for 3-pointers in a career with 211 in his career

Woo Boo- I agree with the video feed, I gave up midway through the game and went to the Wittenberg radio feed instead

[wooscotsfan]

Current NCAC Standings with 2/9 results:

1. Wooster 12-1, 21-1
1. Wittenberg 12-1, 16-5
3. Ohio Wesleyan 9-4, 13-9
3. Wabash 9-4, 17-4
5. Hiram 5-8, 11-11
5. Kenyon 5-8, 9-12
7. Denison 5-9, 8-15
8. Allegheny 2-12, 5-17
9. Oberlin 1-13, 2-21

 


 

[David Collinge]

So Wittenberg played a good opponent and played an outstanding game, grabbing a key win, while Wooster played a terrible opponent and looked horrible doing so (at least for a half).  What does that say about Saturday's matchup?  Given the history of the Wooster/Wittenberg rivalry, probably nothing at all. 

[D-III Insider]

Anyone else find it a bit strange that Wittenberg dropped out of this week's regional rankings without losing a game?  And they seem to be getting stronger with the addition of McKee from a personnel standpoint.  It really will not matter in the long run but I found it a bit odd.  If they beat Wooster at home on Saturday (which I believe they will) they will almost assuredly jump back into the top four in Great Lakes.

[wally_wabash]

So Wittenberg played a good opponent and played an outstanding game, grabbing a key win, while Wooster played a terrible opponent and looked horrible doing so (at least for a half).  What does that say about Saturday's matchup?  Given the history of the Wooster/Wittenberg rivalry, probably nothing at all. 

Yeah, it means nothing. Wabash lost to Denison less than 48 hours before winning at Wooster. Anything can happen in conference play. The important thing is that Wooster and Witt both won and the league lead is on the line this weekend. How they got there isn't critical.

[pennstghs]

D III Insider - I brought up this exact point in the Great Lakes region board, doesn't make much sense