MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[jscwittfan]

W4E,
Are the students in session, or will they be, for this game?

The students will be in session for this one.  Will they be at the game?   

GO TIGERS!

I think the Athletic Department has made a MAJOR mistake on this one.  They are saying that all seats are reserved - even students who want to attend the game have to go stand in line to get a ticket.  Unfortunately, I don't think all that many Wittenberg students are interested in standing in line to get tickets to the game - it's just this campus' apathetic nature.  They'll still get in free, but why couldn't they just do like they did last year - set a certain number of admissions aside for students and have them come into the gym via a different entrance.

I'll be there no matter what because I will be working the men's JV game and the women's varsity game beforehand, so I'll just stick around for the men's game.  But, we may see a dwindled student section at this game.

[WoosterFAN]

28-27 SCOTS over Georgetown as they have gone on a mini 10-0 run with 2:08 to go in the first half.  Wooster is shooting well but have not been aggressive on defense and have been turning the ball over 10 TOs to 5 for Gtown thus far.
No foul trouble for the SCOTS.  Wooster held an 8 point lead early and are thus far outrebounding the bigger team.  I cannot wait to hear from folks that have attended in Timken.  Details, Details.  I gonna want details.

Go SCOTS!!

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Wooster 35  Georgetown 29

Wooster played a sloppy first half with 10 turnovers limiting their offensive possessions but they still hold the lead.  Scots were led in scoring by Tim Vandervaart with 12 points and Tom Port with 11 points.

Georgetown is being led by Justin Taylor with 8 points and Brian Silverhorn with 6 points.

Wooster outrebounded Georgetown in the first half with Vandervaart and Brandon Johnson each pulling down 7 boards.

GO SCOTS!

[WooMix]

I have to agree with wooscotsfan.  Certainly a sloppy first half reading by the 10 turnovers Wooster have committed thus far but a great way to finish the half.  Georgetown was stuck on 27 points for a loooong time.  Great defense by the Scots!

Cooper was silent in the first half.  What is going on?  Is he being closely guarded or he is just out of it?  Whats going on to those who are at Timken?

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 80  Georgetown (KY) 73

Wooster gets a very impressive win over a 7-1 Georgetown squad ranked #8 nationally in NAIA (I). 

Wooster was led in scoring by Tim Vandervaart with 22 points, 14 boards, Tom Port with 16 points, James Cooper with 14 points and Devin Fulk with 13 points.

Wooster won this game by outshooting and outrebounding a much taller Georgetown team.

Wooster is now 4-0.    Next up is Earlham on Saturday.

GO SCOTS!

[drt]

Seems like a great show-down is brewing between Vandervaart and Borchers.
USA! USA! USA!

[WooMix]

I choose a wrong time to move big furniture between apartments and as a result I missed what seems to be a great second half for the Scots versus Georgetown (Kentucky).  Based on their performance so far, count me among the believers.  The Scots are set to deliver this year.  Good luck to Earlham on Saturday.  They need it.

[pennstghs]

guys here is the matchup that will decide the wooster/witt game this year mark it down-whoever wins this battle wins the game

(insert witt defender/Jack Hemingway/ billy bown) vs tom port-if they can control port on the outside and neutralize the perimeter-which is very much easier said then done-then witt can hopefully keep this a manageable scoring game-i think hill and cooper will match up well believe it or not. they both are slashers

[Li'l Giant]

Final from Greendingle:

Wabash   82
Depauw   92

Blech. LGs were playing even until 2 minutes before halftime. Depauw called a timeout with the score 38-38. Following the timeout Wabash didn't score again in that half and the the Tigers were leading at the breatk 47-38. Depauw was up by as many as 16 in the 2nd. Wabash never got closer than 7.

2 losses in a row for Wabash, which falls to 1-3.

[David Collinge]

I'm curious where WoosterFAN, wsf, and WooMix were getting their information; I guess from the radio, or maybe the live online stats?  Because "not aggressive on defense" and "sloppy" were not words I'd use to describe any part of tonight's outstanding basketball game.  "Not aggressive on defense" is particularly incorrect.  Both teams played outstanding aggressive defense all night long.  Most of the turnovers were the result of that aggressive defense.  Andy Van Horn and Marty Bidwell took Georgetown's 6'6" All-American guard Brian Silverthorn right out of his game; on the other end, Georgetown's defense made James Cooper a non-factor for most of the evening.  Tim Vandervaart was simply brilliant on the offensive end.  Despite giving up 3 inches, he was spinning and twirling, dropping in layups, grabbing offensive rebound, and drawing fouls.  And I can't say enough about Devin Fulk, who was great in every facet, but especially from the arc, where his 3 or 4 made three-balls were simply huge.  It was a great game all the way around, and a great victory for the Scots.

Man, it's going to be hard to go back to Denison after this one! 

[wooscotsfan]

3 Team Stats that explain why Wooster beat Georgetown tonight:

Wooster outshot Georgetown 49% to 40% on field goals

Wooster outrebounded the taller Georgetown squad 43 to 30

Wooster made 21 of 23 Free Throws (91%) vs Georgetown 17 of 25 (68%)

These three stats show why Wooster won this game despite having too many turnovers (19 vs. only 11 for Georgetown).

GO SCOTS!

[David Collinge]

The fact that my karma dropped instantly after I posted my game thoughts makes me think I may have been less than clear.  What I meant to impart was that the defense by both teams was better than it looks in the stats, and probably better than it sounded on the radio.  It was not intended as a criticism of anyone (except, perhaps, the radio broadcaster, if he gave the impression that it was not a well-played game), but was instead just my way of expressing how good I thought the defense was.  Feel free to disagree.

[kiltedbryan]

David,

I was only able to catch about the last 10 minutes of the game on the radio tonight, but I gathered the impression that it was a well-played, hard-fought game that was one of those games won by the team that outplayed the other one on the court (as opposed to a sloppy game/not well played game that was won by the team that was less mediocre).  Coach Moore's postgame on the radio supported this as well because he felt that the turnovers were a result of the strong defensive pressure of Georgetown.

I wish I could have been there in the gym!  Oh, to be on campus again....although, I don't have to pay the 35,000 dollar admission fee just to go to some basketball games this year. 

Oh, and I'm glad to be back on the boards after just being an occasional reader during the summer.

[Li'l Giant]

The fact that my karma dropped instantly after I posted my game thoughts makes me think I may have been less than clear.

That's mighty diplomatic of you.

[goscots]

I completely agree with DC - the high number of turnovers were not from sloppy play but rather the aggressive defense of the Tigers.  I commented on Saturday that the 19-0 run was as good a defense as I had seen from Wooster, but the 13-0 run at the end of the first half was just as impressive, showing good poise and grit.

What struck me from this game is that as highly rated as Georgetown is they did not appear very deep and really only had three players who could score. Or maybe Wooster defense has become that good.

Game ball to Van Horn and Bidwell for their defense on Silverhorn (that kid is the real deal - he could play) and Fulk for his instant offense. I said during the scrimmage season that I thought he was the most improved Scot and I haven't changed my mind.