MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

Offline communications make it clear that my Duke anecdote and LG's UT one are almost entirely dissimilar.  UT appears to be helping their athletes to get a good education, while Duke was helping theirs avoid one.  I apologize for leaping to the wrong conclusion about the Loyal Son of Wabash athletes-only section.

I think it's time to let this drop and get back to the real student-athletes of the NCAC. 

[smedindy]

Still, I think there are some 'real' student - athletes afoot in D-1.

[David Collinge]

Still, I think there are some 'real' student - athletes afoot in D-1.

I agree gustily, and never intended to suggest otherwise:

I know that athletes at Duke, Vanderbilt, Michigan, etc. have access to a superior education.  Whether they take advantage of that access, or are encouraged to, is not something I know.  Some obviously do, and more power to them. 

All this from whether we could legitimately claim to have 5 "top 4" teams in the NCAC...and most of it my own d*mn fault...

[Li'l Giant]

Oh well. We've spent more pages on less worthy topics before.

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:   Wooster 40  Earlham 25 

In the first game on the NCAC slate today, Wooster is comfortably leading the Quakers at halftime.  Scots are being led by Devin Fulk with 10 points, Robert Melick with 6 points and James Cooper also with 6 points.

Earlham is being led by Nick Welsh with 11 points and Mark Yost with 6 points.

Scots outrebounded the Quakers by 20 to 10 in the first half.

[wally_wabash]

Oh well. We've spent more pages on less worthy topics before.

In a related note, I'll be keeping a running post from tonight's Wabash/Denison game.  In a rare weekend start time, the ball will go in the air at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Chadwick. 

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 89  Earlham 68  

Wooster played all of their bench players in the second half as they cruised to an easy victory over the Quakers (biggest lead was 24 points).

Wooster was led by Devin Fulk with 15 points, Robert Melick with 13 points, Bryan Wickliffe with 12 pts, James Cooper with 12 pts, Brandon Johnson with 11 pts and Evan Will also with 11.

Earlham was led by Nick Welsh with 23 points, freshman Mark Yost with 19 points and Tristian Gregory with 16 points.  Yost had a breakout game shooting 5 of 5 from 3 point land so he should get more playing time for the Quakers.

Wooster shot 56% from the floor, 42% on three pointers (11 of 26) and won the battle of the boards by a 37-19 count.

Wooster is now 14-3, 7-1 NCAC    Next game at Allegheny on 1/30.

GO SCOTS!

[smedindy]

The Big Red in prime time. Can C'ville handle the excitement? 

[wally_wabash]

Halftime in Springfield:

Kenyon 33
Wittenberg 32

Kenyon led for most of the first half.  Witt hit a run and pushed their lead to seven points.  Kenyon closed the half on an 8-0 run to take the 1-point advantage into the break. 

[kiltedbryan]

Halftime in Springfield:

Kenyon 33
Wittenberg 32

Kenyon led for most of the first half.  Witt hit a run and pushed their lead to seven points.  Kenyon closed the half on an 8-0 run to take the 1-point advantage into the break. 

Yelvington with 10 for Kenyon, Hill and Murray with 9 each for Witt in the first half.  Interestingly, Barabino took only one shot in the first half and was held scoreless.

[wally_wabash]

Wittenberg is going to get a win here.  The lesson...you really can't go without a field goal for the first 8 minutes of the second half and expect to win at Witt. 

[kiltedbryan]

Wittenberg is going to get a win here.  The lesson...you really can't go without a field goal for the first 8 minutes of the second half and expect to win at Witt. 

Yeah, and it's final:

Kenyon 61
Wittenberg 74

Hill and Murray with 18 and 19 respectively for Witt. Murray also posts 10 rebounds for the double-double.
Knapke with 15, Yelvington with 12 for Kenyon.

[wally_wabash]

D3hoops.com is reporting a score of OWU 75, Allegheny 57. 

What has happened to the Gators??

[kiltedbryan]

D3hoops.com is reporting a score of OWU 75, Allegheny 57. 

OWU is also reporting that score on its website.

What has happened to the Gators??

No idea, but I think David was going to go to this game, so I would expect that he'll offer his thoughts on Allegheny later.

[wally_wabash]

One other afternoon final:

Oberlin 66
Hiram 93

Ouch.