MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

Carnegie - Mellon eases past Allegheny 57-53.

The good news is Kenyon bested Grove City 62-50.

Wooster and B-W are tied at 67 with 4:32 to go.

[pennstghs]

Witt are the "Old" Tigers since they were in the league first!

How about "new" Old Tigers as they really are a new group this year? We can compromise!

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 81  Baldwin-Wallace 74 

Nice road win for the Scots.  Wooster was led tonight by Jalen Goodwin with 18 points, Jake Mays with 15 points, Xavier Brown with 13 points and Evan Pannell with 11.

Wooster outrebounded BW by a 40 to 27 count.  Scots also shot well tonight at 50% from the floor.

Wooster is now 2-1.  Next game is Sunday 11/25 at Oberlin

[smedindy]

Witt are the "Old" Tigers since they were in the league first!

How about "new" Old Tigers as they really are a new group this year? We can compromise!

Well, yeah, but it's kind of set now to distinguish between Witt and DPU flavors of Tigers. It's a new team for the Old Tigers, but not as new as the Little Giants!

[smedindy]

With the Wooster win, that's a 3-2 day and 15-9 thus far.

[WoosterFAN]

Wooster pulls away for a road victory at BW - 81-74. Scots paced by 4 in double figures Xavier Brown, Evan Pannell, Jake Mays, and Jalen Goodwin paced the visitors with 18 (4-4 3pt). Win despite 22 fouls and 16 TOs?

[woosterbooster]

Well, yeah, but it's kind of set now to distinguish between Witt and DPU flavors of Tigers. It's a new team for the Old Tigers, but not as new as the Little Giants!

Behind closed doors, are the Little Giants known as the Oxymorons?

[bufordscot]

Oh, the rending of garments and the donning of sackcloth and ashes has already started for Wooster fans, since they had the temerity to lose to an MIAA team not named Hope or Calvin.

I call 'em like I see 'em.  It wasn't the result, it was the visual message.  Watching them play hurt my eyes.  Maybe it wasn't them, but the fuzzy 1950's image that Clear Picture produces.  We'll know soon enough.

It was good to see the sun rise in the east this morning.

[smedindy]

We've got some games going on this weekend, and one finally makes its debut. Plus, we have our first conference game of the year. Wait, what??? 

Saturday, November 24:

Mt. Union (1-2) @ Hiram (0-0) - Terriers finally kick off their season with a game against a bleah OAC team.
Oberlin (0-2) @ Franciscan (0-3) - The "something's gotta give" game. The Yeomen have looked awful. The woebegon Barons have played better than last year's o-fer squad.
Illinois Wesleyan (3-0) @ Wabash (1-1) - The LG's will be scrappy, but this is a young team playing a potential national power. At least it's at home. Wait, I've seen how the Green Horde travel. Ah, well. Play hard, Wabash, and good things may happen.
Allegheny (2-1) @ Baldwin - Wallace (1-1) - The Gators do look improved, despite the loss to CMU. This will be a good test to see where they are truly at in the rebuilding process.
Purdue - North Central (3-4) @ DePauw (1-1) - Game one of the Mike Rokicki Community Versus Cancer Challenge. The Panthers have a lot of games under their belt already, and have seemingly improved from a God-awful 5-25 mark last year. The New Tigers can't look past them.
Ohio Wesleyan (3-0) vs. Otterbein (1-1) @ Rochester - Gotta love tourneys where two close-by rivals travel hundreds of miles to play, eh? The Bishops are looking very strong thus far, and should roll past the Cardinals.

Sunday, November 25:
Non - Conference

Case Western Reserve (2-1) @ Kenyon (2-1) - Case lost to Witt but beat Denison. Kenyon's loss is to Rowan, and they dispatched a couple of lesser opponents with relative ease. The Lords could give the Spartans a game, especially if Nwadibia and Lebowitz (they're still here - are they on a six-year plan??  ) come to play.
Franklin (0-1) or Albion (1-1) @ DePauw (1-1) - Game two of the DPU tourney. Both the Grizz and the Britons are coming off of disappointing losses. The New Tigers may be able to pick up another win if they play well.
Ohio Wesleyan (3-0) vs. Rochester (3-0) or SUNY - Cobleskill (1-2) @ Rochester - Obviously, the powers that be want the Bishops to face the Yellowjackets. That could be one of the better early-season games out there - a real humdinger that will definitely give both clubs a read on how they stack up nationally. If the Bishops face the Fighting Tigers, it'll be a let down for everyone, but at least this writer won't have to give yet another adjective for a team named the "Tigers". Thank God for small favors, I suppose.

NCAC Game! No Really, And It's A Beauty!:

Wooster (0-0, 2-1) @ Oberlin (0-0, 0-2) - Dear Oberlin, you're winless including a loss to Earlham, of all teams. You just played a moribund Franciscan team the night before. So as a gift to you, your next game will be against the Scots. You're welcome, Yeomen. You're welcome.

[smedindy]

Oh, wow. Just wanted to peek in at the Oberlin / Franciscan game on-line and it cost $6!

[Mr. Ypsi]

Oh, wow. Just wanted to peek in at the Oberlin / Franciscan game on-line and it cost $6!

Yeah, they charge $8 for the local church-league games!

[smedindy]

A scrappy effort fell short for Wabash, as they lost to IWU 62-56 today. Kasey Oetting led the LG's with 19, while Marcus Kammrath added 10 off the bench along with seven rebounds (another double figure effort from another freshman). Kevin Reed had 12 points and 10 boards for the Titans.

Ross Sponsler didn't play today. I was focused on other things, so I don't know the story if he was hurt or something else.

Hiram out-sprinted Mt. Union 93-84. Aaron Stepanov scored 23 for the Terriers while Alan Sheppard added 21. Looks like Hiram will be up to their tricks again.

Thus far NCAC 1-1 on the day.

[woosterbooster]

Oh, wow. Just wanted to peek in at the Oberlin / Franciscan game on-line and it cost $6!

Quite a bargain.  Tickets for most live comedy acts, these days, go for $30 and up.

[smedindy]

Oberlin tops Franciscan 69-57. Score one for the NCAC, at least!

Andrew Fox leads the Yeomen with 19 points and 21 rebounds (20 defensive)! Franciscan dressed nine and had five players foul out.

DPU and OWU find themselves in tight games at the half.

[smedindy]

DPU knocks off Purdue - North Central 71-54.

OWU holds off Otterbein 66-59.

Bad news, B-W beats Allegheny 83-73.

4-2 for the NCAC today!

19-11 record for the NCAC thus far!