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Wittenberg beats Allegheny, gets back to .500
I’m sitting in the press box at Pam Evans Smith Arena, ready to give you updates on the Wittenberg men’s basketball game against Allegheny. Go to the jump to read more.
5:40: Wittenberg avenges last season’s NCAC tournament quarterfinal loss with 72-64 victory over Allegheny at Pam Evans Smith Arena on Saturday, Jan.
5:33 p.m.: Tigers up 63-55 with 51 seconds left. Eight Tigers have at least five points. The ninth player has three points. Bill Brown going with a nine-man rotation today instead of the usual 10.
Brad Folta has not played, but when he does, he will do so with a mask. He suffered broken facial bones in January.
5:24: Witt’s lead down to 59-53 at the 2:53 mark.
5:23: Wittenberg’s bench just got hit with a technical foul at the 3:23 mark. Not sure what that was about. Allegheny hit two free throws to trim the lead to 58-51, but Witt’s Lewis Buzzard responded with a foul shot, and the lead is eight.
5:15: Lewis Buzzard fights for a few rebounds and gets a short bank shot to fall at the 6:20 mark. Tigers in control with a 58-46 lead.
4:59 p.m.: Josh McKee hits another jumper, and the Tigers lead 48-36 at the 14:20 mark of the second half. McKee has a team-high 12 points.
4:55 p.m. The Tigers call time-out. Allegheny just cut the lead to 44-36 at the 16:23 mark.
They announced Wabash’s upset of Wooster a few minutes ago. That leaves Hiram as the only team with a perfect NCAC mark.
4:35 p.m.: Tigers lead 40-27 at halftime. This has to be head coach Bill Brown’s type of performance. Nine players get in the game in the first half, and all nine score.
4:28 p.m.: McKee scores again on a jumper in the lane. Witt leads 36-19 at the 3:19 mark.
A victory today gets the Tigers back to .500 at 6-6 for the first time since they were 1-1.
4:19: Allegheny just called a timeout with 7:55 to go in the half. Shockingly, the Tigers lead 27-11. Mark Snyder just scored on a nice assist from Michael Cooper. Seconds before that, Josh McKee finished off a fast break on an assist from David Nowicki.
McKee leads the Tigers with eight points.
4:11: At the 11:30 mark, Josh McKee just pulled up to hit second 3-pointer. Tigers lead 22-8. With McKee, Michael Cooper, Alex Brandt and Clayton Black all seeing serious minutes this season, you wonder how good this team can be in a year or two.
4:09: The Tigers lead 17-6 at the 13:27 mark of the first half.
Not a bad crowd considering the weather, or at least the threat of bad weather. The Tigers are a week away from playing in front of the biggest crowd they’ll see this season, at Wooster on Jan. 17.
Michael Cooper just hit a jump shot seconds after getting into the game. The South grad didn’t start today because head coach Bill Brown needed the 6-foot-7 freshman Alex Brandt in the lineup against the taller Gators.
4:00: David Nowicki hit two 3-pointers in the first two minutes following a jumper by Kevin Murray. Witt up 8-2.
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