MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[imderekpoe]

This game certainly looked better on paper than its been so far. Either the Scots are incredibly good or Defiance is somewhat less than competitive. Or maybe some of both.

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Wooster 52  Defiance 22   

Game is essentially over as Scots jumped out to a 17-0 lead before the Yellow Jackets even scored.  Dan Fanelly led Wooster in the half with 17 points.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  #17 Marietta 74  #2 Christopher Newport 50   

Marietta wipes the floor against the same CNU lineup that knocked Wooster out of the NCAA tourney last spring.

Scots will have their hands full when they play AT Marietta next Wednesday

[Dr. Acula]

Final:  #17 Marietta 74  #2 Christopher Newport 50   

Marietta wipes the floor against the same CNU lineup that knocked Wooster out of the NCAA tourney last spring.

Scots will have their hands full when they play AT Marietta next Wednesday

Scary thing is Etta didn't even have a big turnover advantage (+3) or shoot well either (35%)!  I figured one of those two things probably happened...a "just one of those nights" game, if you will. 

[pennstghs]

Congrats to Matt Croci and his first win as a Witt head coach! After a close loss Friday to Alvernia it was nice to see them bounce back. Witt has both an experienced and young team this year, and will also be interesting as their offense and defense will moderately look a little different than under Coach Brown. I'm excited to see what this team has in store and continue the winning tradition!

[woolax]

Wooster at Marietta this Wednesday, how do people see this matchup playing out? Both teams are coming in undefeated, and Marietta just drilled #2 Christopher Newport, who knocked the Scots out of the Trny last year.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Wooster at Marietta this Wednesday, how do people see this matchup playing out? Both teams are coming in undefeated, and Marietta just drilled #2 Christopher Newport, who knocked the Scots out of the Trny last year.

I think Marietta will win, maybe not easily, but solidly.  I like the Wooster team a lot, but I don't think they're on the same level.  Of course, that's pretty close to what I would've said about CNU and Marietta before Saturday, so don't listen to me.

[Fifth and Putnam]

It's really hard to say at this point having only played a couple of games. Marietta has looked really good this year and shined against CNU. I think Wooster is going to have a great year, but I am not sure anyone knows at this point what they have as they've blown out two teams that probably won't be very good this year. Marietta is certainly the favorite going in and playing at Ban Johnson surely helps...but a Wooster win wouldn't surprise me.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Final:  #17 Marietta 74  #2 Christopher Newport 50   

Marietta wipes the floor against the same CNU lineup that knocked Wooster out of the NCAA tourney last spring.

Scots will have their hands full when they play AT Marietta next Wednesday

Not entirely accurate... Weatherall and Burrows - both of whom started most of last season and against Wooster - graduated. Not a ton of points, but certainly good defenders for the Captains. Now you have Daly and others adjusting to starting positions instead of coming off the bench and CNU is looking to fill the role guys with more depth.

[kiltedbryan]

Wooster at Marietta this Wednesday, how do people see this matchup playing out? Both teams are coming in undefeated, and Marietta just drilled #2 Christopher Newport, who knocked the Scots out of the Trny last year.

I think Marietta will win, maybe not easily, but solidly.  I like the Wooster team a lot, but I don't think they're on the same level.  Of course, that's pretty close to what I would've said about CNU and Marietta before Saturday, so don't listen to me.

Agree. Nice to see both Marietta and Wooster coming into this game in good form. Wooster in particular has seemed to be slow to find their rotations and mid-season form some seasons but seemed to be hitting on all cylinders last week.

For a game being played before Thanksgiving, it could have an awful lot to say about end-of-season playoff positioning. This is the type of game each of these teams would *love* to have as a head-to-head win later down the road when we get into regional ranking territory.

Marietta-Wooster has turned into quite a nice little rivalry, with tomorrow's game representing the completion of a second home-and-home series since Marietta ascended to regional/national competitiveness in the 2010-11 season. Nice to see these two programs not be afraid to schedule one another on a regular basis.

'12-'13: Marietta 57, Wooster 59 (at Woo)
'13-'14: Wooster 81, Marietta 78 (at Marietta)
'14-'15: Wooster 86, Marietta 88 (at Marietta, NCAA second round)
'15-'16: Marietta 72, Wooster 57 (at Woo)
'16-'17: TBD (at Marietta)

Last year's game is the only one that hasn't gone right down to the wire, and even it was tight and competitive for the first 30 minutes.

[kiltedbryan]

Capital 82
Ohio Wesleyan 76

Ohio Wesleyan takes the home loss. The box score suggests the story was that Capital simply outshot OWU. Cap hit at 56% for the game and 63% (7-11) from 3pt vs. OWU's rather paltry 36% and 22% (8-35) from 3pt.

Capital is off to a 4-0 start. OWU falls to 2-1 with the loss.

[gordonmann]

In anticipation of tonight's big game between Wooster and Marietta, our first Around the Great Lakes column focuses on the Scots.

[woolax]

At the half Marietta is up 51-29 on Wooster. Marietta's 2nd chance points, and defense have allowed them to establish a comfortable halftime lead over Wooster 51-29.  Wooster only shooting 16% from 3, while Marietta has 19 pts off turnovers to the Scot's 6.

[kiltedbryan]

Marietta thoroughly outplays Wooster in basically all dimensions of the game in the first half en route to a 51-29 halftime advantage.

Scots have their work cut out for them to get back in this one in the second half.

[kiltedbryan]

Marietta thoroughly outplays Wooster in basically all dimensions of the game in the first half en route to a 51-29 halftime advantage.

Scots have their work cut out for them to get back in this one in the second half.

Scots did not get back into it.

Wooster 70
Marietta 99

Going 1-14 from 3pt while your opponent goes 12-18 is not going to win you a lot of ballgames. But Marietta earned most of those looks and contested Wooster's. The Pios really out shined the Scots tonight.