MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[pennstghs]

well.....i guess wally's hypothesis about the second half is coming true right now

[wally_wabash]

Good grief. It seems like anything shot from in the ZIP Code is gonna fall for Witt.

QFT

[jscwittfan]

When was the last time we saw a Witt team go 9-12 from 3 land??  This is unbelievable.

[kiltedbryan]

If anyone has any interest:
#6 Capital is having some trouble in Wilmington tonight.

12:00 in the second half:

Capital         36
Wilmington  50

Key stats are rebounding, where Wilmington has 14 offensive rebounds so far.  Also, Wilmington is 11-12 from the line while Capital is only 5-14.

Broadcast feed here: http://www.capital.edu/166/

[jscwittfan]

Great game.  Excellent road victory for Wittenberg, but a nice showing from Wabash as well, as they easily could have folded after Witt jumped out to the big lead in the second half.  Witt finishes 11-17 from 3, a great 64.7%.  3 Tigers in double figures - Hill (16), Murray (13), and Barabino (11).

[pennstghs]

great tough win-i said it would be  agrind it out game and it held true to form-so that makes owu/wooster on the clock to be decided by 5 points or less now?

[BigRedGrad]

BIG RED WINS!!!!

Let me repeat that...........

THE BIG RED WINS!!!!!  55-49

O-fer   O-VER

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 78  Allegheny 61

Wooster gets the road win in Meadville.  Scots were led by Marty Bidwell with 16 points, Evan Will with 14 pts/8 rebounds, Devin Fulk with 11 pts, Bryan Wickliffe with 11 pts/7 rebounds and James Cooper also with 11 points.

Gators were led by Charlie Jaicks with 17 points, George Raftis with 14 points and Craig Devinney who added 11 points.

Wooster is now 15-3, 8-1 NCAC.  Next up is Ohio Wesleyan at home on Saturday.

[wooscotsfan]

BIG RED WINS!!!!

Let me repeat that...........

THE BIG RED WINS!!!!!  55-49

O-fer   O-VER

Congratulations to the Big Red on their first win! Should make for an enjoyable ride home from Richmond this evening.  

[wooscotsfan]

All the 1/30 NCAC Final Scores:

Ohio Wesleyan 84  Oberlin 69
Kenyon 90  Hiram 73
Wooster 78  Allegheny 61
Wittenberg 54  Wabash 52
Denison 55  Earlham 49

So, the top 5 in the NCAC standings are:
Witt 8-1
Woo 8-1
OWU 7-2
Wabash 6-3
Kenyon 6-3

Note: corrected typo on the Kenyon/Hiram score

[David Collinge]

Kenyon won fairly easily, but not that easily.  It was 90-73.  The teams battled through the first half, with KC going out to a 7-ish point lead, but Hiram nearly caught up and trailed at the half by just 2, 36-34.  They tied it up after a steal on the opening possession of the 2nd, and it was pretty much all Kenyon the rest of the way.  Kenyon got their offense going on all cylinders in the 2nd, getting runouts, open jumpers, and good interior looks.  It showed, as they outscored the Terriers 54-39 in the 2nd and shot 71.4% in the process. 

Kenyon neutralized Mike Staley, who scored on the final possession of the 1st half for his first bucket and had 3 points in the first 34:00 or so.  He ended up with 11, but most of that was of the too little, (much) too late variety.  Hiram's most impressive player tonight was frosh Hassan Muhammed, who led the Pups with 14 on 7/9 shooting; he continually managed to get open under the hoop, and snared four offensive rebounds to go along with his seven bunnies.  Kenyon had four scorers in double figures, led by frosh Kodey Haddox with 21.

[woosterbooster]

After hearing conflicting reports about the gametime for the Wooster Alumni vs JV this Saturday, I asked their SID, Hugh Howard, who said that it will be a 3 PM tipoff.

[ScotsFan]

After hearing conflicting reports about the gametime for the Wooster Alumni vs JV this Saturday, I asked their SID, Hugh Howard, who said that it will be a 3 PM tipoff.

Too bad they can't make that HS game the first game.  I wouldn't mind seeing the alumi take on the JV, but I don't really care to see the HS game in between. 

Of course, there is yet another threat of inclement weather putting the conclusion of the Steve Smith/WQKT Classic up in the air once again.

[Li'l Giant]

but I don't really care to see the HS game in between.

And risk missing a 13-11 overtime nailbiting classic? 

[ScotsFan]

but I don't really care to see the HS game in between.

And risk missing a 13-11 overtime nailbiting classic? 

  Exactly!  What was it that I said?  Something about pulling teeth!