MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Dr. Acula]

Rosters are posted.  No real surprises.  Diego Allen is on the roster so that's good news.  Also noticed Mansfield is an asst. coach this season.

[D3fanboy]

Rosters are posted.  No real surprises.  Diego Allen is on the roster so that's good news.  Also noticed Mansfield is an asst. coach this season.

a lot of unlisted heights/weights for our Raiders.  But it seems like there is some new size on the roster from reading the tea leaves

[RaidersRGr8t]

One other transfer I overlooked is 6-2 junior Marcus Steele, a Solon kid who played 2 years at Central State. He averaged 6.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in 52 games (45 starts).
It looks like Hudson, Gurley, Newsom, Parker and Laurich as starters, with Skeriotis, Steele, McCartney and Collier the first four off the bench. Have to see how Jahlil Graham, the PG from Canton McKinley, and Diego Allen adapt to the college game.

[Dr. Acula]

Raiders open things up at 5:00pm over in Pittsburgh.  I'm afraid if I don't watch live there won't be an archived video since it's hosted by Chatham and they aren't playing Chatham today.  Oh well, worst case I watch against Chatham tomorrow I suppose.

All heights/weights are on the roster.  Some nice size added to the roster.

FR Easton Shanholtz - 6'6", 200
FR Elijah Farrington - 6'6" , 230
SO Caleb Laurich - 6'7" , 200
FR Diego Allen - 6'6" , 220

[D3fanboy]

https://www.pacdigitalnetwork.com/chatham/

for the Raiders fans at home

the boys look big

[D3fanboy]

rough 1st half, definitely losing in the effort department

[Greek Tragedy]

https://www.pacdigitalnetwork.com/chatham/

for the Raiders fans at home

the boys look big

Wow. This site said a 7 pm game (eastern?). Apparently it's going to OT at 78. GM hit a 3 with about 3 seconds left.

[Dr. Acula]

rough 1st half, definitely losing in the effort department

Yeah, I watched most of the game and that was my main thought too.  They did not shoot well (30% at half) and in the first half they seemed to lack any urgency defensively.  The first half looked like it was a scrimmage for one team and a tournament game for the other.  Luckily they battled back and got it done, but definitely would expect to see a much better overall performance today.  Game 1 rust is gone and they get to come right back and play this afternoon.

It's game 1 so I know I shouldn't worry, but since it's been a recurring problem the Raiders were 12-25 on FT in the 2nd half/OT.

Nice collegiate debut for Graham.  Team high 4 assists to go with 4 reb and 15 pts on 4-8 shooting including 3-5 from deep.  Played 6th man minutes with 25 min logged.

[Dr. Acula]

Etta with that early "hey, don't overlook us" win over CNU yesterday.  CNU is 1-2 out of the gate, but obviously they're still really good.

Mount put together a much more consistent effort and beat Chatham 97-73.  Shot the ball much better Saturday.  They jumped out to a double digit lead early on and were never really threatened.  Parker and Hudson had 16 apiece to lead the scoring.  Laurich was an efficient 5-6 FG to add 10 and 6 reb, 2 ast, 2 blk.  Nice game for him early on.

[mc1983]

Marietta win over CNU was an absolute fight to the finish. Not the prettiest game you'll ever watch, but both teams are physical and athletic. CNU still looking to find that spark that they had at the end of last season. Marietta defense frustrated Hines and Barber most of the night and forced a lot of bad shots.

We'll learn a lot more about Marietta based on the results vs. Calvin and IWU. Brutal schedule to start the season - not to mention a date at Heidelberg in early December

[Dr. Acula]

Mount moves to 3-0 with another OT win at Scranton 80-76.  I don't know anything about Scranton, but looking at their past season records it looks like they're usually pretty good.  Parker carried the bulk of the weight with 33 points on 16-23 shooting.  Gurley and Newsom have not shot overly well in these early games so once they settle in the offense is going to score in bunches.  Not worried about that.  Defensively they're allowing 45% FG and 41.7% 3 pt FG.  Last year teams shot 30% from 3 against them so hopefully that number trends toward the norm as we move on this year.

[Dr. Acula]

Looking at the early standings the OAC is off to a nice start OOC.  29-7 overall record so far.  BW is the only team with a losing record at 1-2, however, their two losses are by a combined 7 points to a pair of 4-0 teams (Geneva & Trine).

[Dr. Acula]

Not a great night for the OAC overall.  I shouldn't have touted to ooc record I guess.

[Greek Tragedy]

I think the WIAC and CCIW around .500.

[RaidersRGr8t]

Raiders played really well last night in a 75-51 win over Wooster. Dante Collier scored a career-high 23 points off the bench and Caleb Laurich had 12 rebounds and four blocked shots. Christian Parker limited to 15 minutes because of foul trouble in the first half and aggravating an ankle injury in the second half, but he had six points and eight rebounds. Wooster shot just 28.6% from the field in a very physical game.