MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

Dr. Acula · December 05, 2022, 11:15:27 AM

Mounts drops their OAC opener at Berg on Sat 82-70. I did not get to watch it, but it looks like Berg was pretty much in control the entire game. Mount shot an ice cold 4-24 from deep and turned the ball over 17 times.

Dr. Acula · December 08, 2022, 09:26:34 AM

#6 Mount (6-1) grinds out a big win over #9 JCU (6-1) last night 75-72. They had to overcome another dreadful night shooting from deep (3-18) but did so by attacking the hoop more in the 2nd half. They only had 5 attempts from 3 in the 2nd half and unsurprisingly their FG% in the 2nd half was 51% vs. 31% in the 1st half. Painter stepped up big time with 20 points on 8-11 shooting. He was the only Raider in double figures.

I was very impressed with JCU. They're skilled and they executed well. That rematch in UH is going to be tough. Not many teams have the athletes Mount has to throw at JCU. Those teams are in for a long night against the Streaks as Musky already found out.

bluestreak66 · December 09, 2022, 08:44:34 AM

If John Carroll can head into post Christmas conference play with only the one loss, I will be extremely happy. What a difference a year makes

Dr. Acula · December 09, 2022, 02:11:38 PM

Quote from: bluestreak66 on December 09, 2022, 08:44:34 AM
If John Carroll can head into post Christmas conference play with only the one loss, I will be extremely happy. What a difference a year makes

Yeah, that would be a great spot to be in and honestly not a stretch to happen. The JCU game at Etta next Saturday is one I will watch for sure. I love watching games at BanJo. Such a great environment for hoops when it's a big game.

Dr. Acula · December 10, 2022, 11:42:38 PM

Mount coasts 89-71 over ONU. Gurley was locked in again. 21 pts to lead the way. Listening to the football game Bourquin said Mount asked ONU to push tip to 4pm instead of 2pm due to the playoff game and the Bears said no so glad to see Mount bury them. Hopefully they win by even more in Ada.

bluestreak66 · December 13, 2022, 09:56:10 AM

not much change in the rankings. Mount Union up 1 to 5, Berg down 1 to 20, and John Carroll stays firm at 9. Marietta sits just outside at 32. Shaping up to be a really good year for the conference!

Dr. Acula · December 17, 2022, 08:36:23 PM

JCU with a statement win in Marietta. 53-37 at half and the Streaks cruise 95-73. Etta drops to 6-3, but all 3 losses are to teams in top 10. That's a tough draw for a team replacing a lot of starters.

Dr. Acula · January 04, 2023, 09:12:26 AM

Big OAC match up tonight in UH with Berg at JCU. Both teams dropped a non-conference game over break to sit at 9-2 currently. Berg does sit alone atop the OAC at 4-0 though.

Mount is at BW which is never an easy task, but they should take care of business.

Dr. Acula · January 04, 2023, 09:55:38 PM

JCU beats Berg 81-76. Mount and Etta win. We now have a 4 way tie at 4-1. Mount survived in OT 84-81. Mazzeo shot 1-14 for BW and it still went to OT so perhaps a little wake up call for the Raiders. If Mazzeo shoots that poorly you should win by double figures even on the road. But a win's a win. Move on.

bluestreak66 · January 05, 2023, 08:52:01 AM

No more games in Florida please!

raiderpa · January 05, 2023, 01:33:45 PM

Mount was lucky to get away with the win at BW. They shot 30 FT's and BW maybe 10. Does Snyder always shoot the 3's like last night. Seemed like whenever they needed one, he hit it. Also, Mount gave up tons of layups when BW was patient.
Parker was beastly inside. Mount's shooting was not up to par. It is tough to win on the road in the OAC. The guy who called to video stream was very good. Fair, called it like it was, and stayed on the game. Well done.

Dr. Acula · January 05, 2023, 03:45:01 PM

Quote from: raiderpa on January 05, 2023, 01:33:45 PM
Mount was lucky to get away with the win at BW. They shot 30 FT's and BW maybe 10. Does Snyder always shoot the 3's like last night. Seemed like whenever they needed one, he hit it. Also, Mount gave up tons of layups when BW was patient.
Parker was beastly inside. Mount's shooting was not up to par. It is tough to win on the road in the OAC. The guy who called to video stream was very good. Fair, called it like it was, and stayed on the game. Well done.

I remember the last time I watched a game at BW being impressed with the call. Not sure if it's the same guy or if these are students, but in either case they do a very nice job.

Dr. Acula · January 09, 2023, 09:18:07 AM

Berg, JCU and Mount all win Saturday to maintain the tie for 1st. Etta dropped a game back with a bit of a head scratching loss at Wilm. The win was the Quakers first OAC victory of the season.

I watched almost all of the Mount game at Cap despite it being decided well before halftime. Mount came out and knocked down their first six 3 pointers and combined that with Parker scoring at will to overwhelm Cap out of the gate. At one point it was something like 45-15 in the 1st half so I diverted my main attention elsewhere. And no, Cap is not bad (7-6, 3-3) so I wasn't expecting that kind of onslaught.

Dr. Acula · January 12, 2023, 10:27:37 AM

Mount survives at home 73-71 over Etta. I thought they had it wrapped up late up 14, but Etta charged back at the end. Congrats to Christian Parker who set a new school record with 7 blocks to go along with his 24 and 9 boards.

Mount's FT shooting continues to be an issue (15-27 last night) and Fuline mentioned it post-game. On the season they're at 63% as a team. Part of that is Parker having by far the most FT attempts and being at 56.5% right now. But Gurley at 78% is their only "good" FT shooter. Two guys who handle the ball a lot, Painter and Hudson, neither are above 50% at the line right now. I know, they're 13-1 and this is nit picking, but I'm thinking ahead to postseason.

On a positive note they continue to defend at a high level. They're forcing almost 18 TO per game and holding opponents to 40% shooting. When they're locked in defensively they're tough to score on consistently.

Dr. Acula · January 15, 2023, 02:39:43 PM

Mount, JCU and Berg all hold serve to remain tied at 7-1 atop the conference. Berg notched a solid win over Etta 82-76. JCU certainly had the strangest game as they fouled on purpose up 66-63 and grabbed a rebound off the missed 2nd FT to survive 66-64. The strange part was this was at home against Wilm who is now 1-7 in OAC play.

Mount won 74-65 at Ott. They did not play great by any stretch, but they battled through some issues including 1-13 on 3s and most notably Parker taking an Ott pass to the face. With his broken nose that caused him to head to the locker room ahead of halftime and basically not play at all in the 2nd half. Poole stepped up and carried them for stretches (23 pts on 8-10 shooting). Poole also had 7 boards 6 of which were offensive. Much like JCU, Ott was able to get numerous easy scores off screens/backdoor cuts. Fortunately, Mount forced 24 turnovers to more than make up for a few lapses.