MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[ScotsFan]

Final:  Wooster 62  Penn State Behrend 44 

Wooster cruises to a comfortable win by going on a 7-0 run to start the second half that was punctuated by a Evan Pannell alley oop dunk that forced a PSB timeout. Xavier Brown led Wooster with 17 points (3 three pointers) while Doug Thorpe added 10 points (3 three pointers) and Kenny DeBoer also looked good with 10 points.

Wooster next faces Dickinson which registerd a home win vs. Marietta tonight by a 80-65 score.

GO SCOTS!

That alley oop from Brown to Pannell was sweet.  Nice to see Evan back in the lineup tonight as his absence really hurt the Scots against OWU in the NCAC championship game.  Also, DeBoer looked to be much healthier tonight as well than he did in that loss to OWU a week ago.  It looks like the week off really benefited the Scots from a healing standpoint...

Now, it's time to start reading up on Dickinson who I know absolutely nothing about other than the fact that tonight's NCAA tournament win was their first NCAA tournament win since 1980? 

Just wagering a guess, but I'm going to assume that Wooster and OWU should be hosting next weekend as well?  Cabrini upstet H-SC on the road so I would assume they would now travel to OWU next and Wooster is a higher seed than Dickinson as well. 

However it shakes out, the Scots now have another week to get even healthier as they prepare for Dickinson!   

[woosterbooster]

Final:  Wooster 62  Penn State Behrend 44 

Wooster cruises to a comfortable win by going on a 7-0 run to start the second half that was punctuated by a Evan Pannell alley oop dunk that forced a PSB timeout. Xavier Brown led Wooster with 17 points (3 three pointers) while Doug Thorpe added 10 points (3 three pointers) and Kenny DeBoer also looked good with 10 points.

Wooster next faces Dickinson which registerd a home win vs. Marietta tonight by a 80-65 score.

GO SCOTS!

That alley oop from Brown to Pannell was sweet.  Nice to see Evan back in the lineup tonight as his absence really hurt the Scots against OWU in the NCAC championship game.  Also, DeBoer looked to be much healthier tonight as well than he did in that loss to OWU a week ago.  It looks like the week off really benefited the Scots from a healing standpoint...

Now, it's time to start reading up on Dickinson who I know absolutely nothing about other than the fact that tonight's NCAA tournament win was their first NCAA tournament win since 1980? 

Just wagering a guess, but I'm going to assume that Wooster and OWU should be hosting next weekend as well?  Cabrini upstet H-SC on the road so I would assume they would now travel to OWU next and Wooster is a higher seed than Dickinson as well. 

However it shakes out, the Scots now have another week to get even healthier as they prepare for Dickinson!   

Pannell played against OWU; he hasn't been hurt.  I think you're confusing him with Jalen Goodwin, who is out for the season with a broken finger.  The Scots played a very nice game tonight.  Excellent throughout on the defensive end and the boards, and pretty good against a tough zone until they got up twenty and went a bit sloppy.  They'll be tough to beat next week if they can repeat that performance.  Hopefully it'll be at Timken.

Dickinson appears to be better than advertised.  They had two guys shoot the lights out from three-point land.  Big guys, too, as both shooters had eight rebounds.  Cabrini appears to be tough just like last year, and will be a load for OWU to handle wherever that game is played.

[Pat Coleman]

Dickinson's tourney win was so long ago it was in the old regional consolation games.

[woosterbooster]

Hey, Pat, do you have an idea what time the host schools will be announced today?

[woosterbooster]

The schedules on both the Wooster and Dickinson websites show next Saturday's game to be at Timken at 7 PM.

[imderekpoe]

Wooster's schedule lists Dickinson next Saturday at 7 PM in bold letters, which indicates a home game.  There is as yet no article or other announcement, but it looks like it's a done deal.

And Dickinson's lists it at Wooster...

[ScotsFan]

Pannell played against OWU; he hasn't been hurt.  I think you're confusing him with Jalen Goodwin, who is out for the season with a broken finger. 

Oops.  I was confusing the two.  Thanks WB. 

OWU and Cabrini both have TBA still listed on their schedules btw...

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I don't believe the hosts are official... but Dickinson and Wooster should be obvious... Cabrini at OWU should also be obvious. I know the call has been done... announcements later this afternoon most likely.

[ohiofan1954]

does anyone know the capacity of ohio wesleyan's gym? I was going to go yesterday but I decided not too since it was so late. Good thing from watching on the web it looked sold out. Standing room on the west side of the gym. Nice to see the turnout there. If I go next week  I better look in to buying tickets early. Naturally I am assuming OWU will host next week. We all know what assumption is the mother of though.

[ScotsFan]

does anyone know the capacity of ohio wesleyan's gym? I was going to go yesterday but I decided not too since it was so late. Good thing from watching on the web it looked sold out. Standing room on the west side of the gym. Nice to see the turnout there. If I go next week  I better look in to buying tickets early. Naturally I am assuming OWU will host next week. We all know what assumption is the mother of though.

dave, it has a capacity of 2300.  Attendance was listed at 1850 for last night's game btw.

[ScotsFan]

Dickinson appears to be better than advertised.  They had two guys shoot the lights out from three-point land.  Big guys, too, as both shooters had eight rebounds.  Cabrini appears to be tough just like last year, and will be a load for OWU to handle wherever that game is played.

Really, only one guy from Dickinson shot lights out from 3-point range.  Adam Honig is a 6' guard who was basically unconscious last night when compared to his season stats.  He went off for 32 total points going 5-7 from deep and 12-15 overall.  On the season he's shooting 37% from deep and averaging 14 ppg.  The big you were referring to is 6'7" F Gerry Wixted and he did go 2-4 from deep last night and 7-11 overall and finished with 20 points.  He's their leading scorer at 17 ppg and he does have range with 26 made treys on the season. 

Btw, here is what they said about traveling to Wooster in their recap of their first round win:

Dickinson will likely travel to what is rumored to be one of the loudest gyms in Division III, Wooster College in Ohio.

[woosterbooster]

I don't believe the hosts are official... but Dickinson and Wooster should be obvious... Cabrini at OWU should also be obvious. I know the call has been done... announcements later this afternoon most likely.

I really doubt that either Dickinson or Wooster would have posted the location on their respective schedules without having been given notification.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I don't agree.. but considering no school posted until the official notice was sent to schools... it was interesting.

[woo84]

It's official- Wooster will host Dickinson College next Saturday at 7pm.

[woosterbooster]

Sigh.