MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

JCUStreaks70 · December 16, 2015, 02:16:44 PM

Can't wait to see how we do this week against the Pio's. I'm thinking JCU, Marrietta and Mount all reach the tournament again this year.

sac · December 17, 2015, 09:49:46 PM

Capital 83 Olivet 57

Capital made the 10 hour round trip up to Olivet (in a pair of transit vans) for a really, super super easy win. This could have been much worse.

Very impressed with interim coach Andy Winters, he'll be a head coach somewhere very soon and probably a very good one. Also enjoyed the very positive Capital bench, made a pretty drab game enjoyable.

Dr. Acula · December 20, 2015, 07:29:49 PM

JCU does their job and holds serve at home against Etta yesterday. Good win for the Streaks.

I saw in the paper that Fuline said something about Scelza being back in January for Mount. He also said that Jackson should be returning not long after so they may have both back for the meat of the OAC schedule. I'm not sure how helpful that'd be for round 1 with JCU and Etta given both guys lack of game minutes, but it should be a help for the stretch run at least.

Dr. Acula · December 28, 2015, 10:06:13 PM

Mount stumbled to the finish tonight in FL winning 65-63. 5 turnovers in 53 seconds in the last 2 min of the game made things interesting.

Good news is Kyle Scelza returned and scored a team high 18 on 6-12 shooting from deep.

Also, Mount shot zero free throws. None. In the entire game.

rscl70 · December 29, 2015, 10:52:55 AM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on December 28, 2015, 10:06:13 PM
Mount stumbled to the finish tonight in FL winning 65-63. 5 turnovers in 53 seconds in the last 2 min of the game made things interesting.

Good news is Kyle Scelza returned and scored a team high 18 on 6-12 shooting from deep.

Also, Mount shot zero free throws. None. In the entire game.

Pretty hard to believe when you consider Hood took 19 from the line (making 11).

Dr. Acula · December 29, 2015, 11:24:58 AM

I listened to most of the game. It seemed like they got a little jump shot happy. Regardless, zero FT attempts is pretty incredible. Especially when they were up 9 with 2:30 left. But you don't have to foul if the opponent is turning it over I suppose. I think they had 19 turnovers which obviously is not good. The thing that worries me is that with a team that shoots a lot of 3's you're going to have up and down nights. That's fine if you play solid D all the time, but they haven't done that this year. Turnovers, inconsistent D and a lot of 3's on offense leads to some volatile swings in performance from game to game. But they're 8-2, 4-0 so all things considered the sky isn't falling. Not long ago I would have done cartwheels at 8-2.

pg04 · December 29, 2015, 11:40:17 AM

Wow! No Free Throws! In the same tournament in The Brockport vs. Bridgewater game, Bridgewater State had taken 31 free throws and Brockport had taken 13. It only became even after the end of regulation, and all 3 OTs, Bridgewater State had to foul to stay in the game and the numbers became closer.

Not sure what this indicates, just that their is wide disparities in fouls being called.

pg04 · December 29, 2015, 12:07:42 PM

P.S. Hoping for a good game with JCU today. As if Brockport weren't the underdog already, having to play a JCU team that didn't play yesterday 17 hours after a 3 overtime game is not ideal!

JCUStreaks70 · December 30, 2015, 03:51:54 PM

Another great win by the Blue Streaks today! This team is looking really good, and could make a serious run this March and April.

sac · January 05, 2016, 11:21:53 AM

Under the radar result from last night, John Carroll 75 Capital 74

They're pretty young, but that result from Capital does not surprise me. I think they're really going to play JCU, Marietta, Mt. Union tough and at some point this season might beat one of them.

JCUStreaks70 · January 05, 2016, 12:21:55 PM

Quote from: sac on January 05, 2016, 11:21:53 AM
Under the radar result from last night, John Carroll 75 Capital 74

They're pretty young, but that result from Capital does not surprise me. I think they're really going to play JCU, Marietta, Mt. Union tough and at some point this season might beat one of them.

That's a very fair assessment. Capital is definitely a team on the ups, and gave me quite a scare last night. I will say I was very happy with the outcome, but I am way more nervous for when we have to drive down to you guys later this season.

sac · January 05, 2016, 01:21:48 PM

Capital is not my guys. I saw them play at Olivet a few weeks ago, I was very impressed with their overall potential.

JCUStreaks70 · January 05, 2016, 04:22:51 PM

Quote from: sac on January 05, 2016, 01:21:48 PM
Capital is not my guys. I saw them play at Olivet a few weeks ago, I was very impressed with their overall potential.

Fair enough

Dr. Acula · January 07, 2016, 05:08:17 PM

Mount held serve beating Berg 104-80 yesterday. Raiders stay perfect at 5-0 in OAC play.

Dr. Acula · January 14, 2016, 08:42:05 AM

Mount beat up on Musky last night 94-70 to set the stage for their first big test Saturday at JCU. Both teams are 7-0 in OAC play with JCU being unbeaten overall as well. On the road and with still no sign of DeAllen Jackson this is going to be a tough battle for Mount. Ruffin has really been playing well lately including his 26-14 double double last night. Kukura continues to be their leading scorer. They will need Jacubec to play well opposite of Linane. They'll also need Ruffin to stay out of foul trouble.