Justin Hallowell of The College of Wooster was selected as the D3hoops.com national Rookie of the Year, the Web site announced, along with the release of its 2008-09 All-America Teams.
Woosters Ian Franks was honored as one of the top NCAA Div. III mens basketball players within the region, as D3hoops.com placed the sophomore guard on to its All-Great Lakes Region Third Team, and the Web site also tabbed the Fighting Scots Justin Hallowell as the Great Lakes Rookie of the Year.
Capital 's DJ Frazier hit a short jumper just left of the basket, lofting it over two Wooster defenders, as the buzzer sounded to give the No. 13 ranked Crusaders a 72-70 win during a back-and-forth NCAA Div. III Tournament second round match-up.
Wooster advanced to the second round of the NCAA Div. III Tournament, topping Gettysburg College 79-66, keyed by a 16-2 run that covered seven-plus minutes of the second half.
Four players from the North Coast Athletic Conference-champion Wooster mens basketball team were named all-NCAC, highlighted by first-team honorees Marty Bidwell and Ian Franks.
Wooster completed the mission that it set at the beginning of an emotional week, winning the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship to honor the memory of Corey Cline, as the Fighting Scots outscored Wabash College 16-5 during the final six minutes of Saturday night’s finals’ match-up to earn a hard-fought 84-72 win.
On what would have been Corey Cline’s fourth birthday, Wooster continued to honor his memory by playing some of its best basketball of the season, putting together a 20-1 stretch during the first half and rolling past Kenyon College 89-71.
Riding the wave of emotion from an unexpected appearance by its grieving assistant coach, Doug Cline, Wooster jumped out on top of Denison University early and never let up en route to a 101-68 victory.
Wooster honored Marty Bidwell’s final regular season game at Timken Gymnasium by trouncing Earlham College 95-54, and along with the “Senior Day” festivities, the Fighting Scots had another reason to celebrate as they clinched the 2008-09 North Coast Athletic Conference championship.
Wooster held an opponent under 40 points for the first time in four seasons, as the Fighting Scots emerged a 52-39 victor during a defensive battle with Allegheny.
Wooster’s Nathan Balch and Ian Franks each hit 3-pointers after Wittenberg University had pulled within six on two separate occasions during the final five minutes, as the Fighting Scots completed a 67-53 victory.
Justin Hallowell of Wooster knocked down a long-distance 3-pointer, estimated to be from the 28-to-30 foot range, at the end of regulation to tie it 77-77, then the Fighting Scots survived Denison University’s last-second attempt at the close of the first overtime before they finally pulled away late in the second overtime for a wild 102-92 victory.
A defensive effort that saw Wooster hold Wabash College to just eight points over the opening 13 minutes paved the way for an eventual 78-58 victory for the Fighting Scots.
Wooster led or was tied during all but five of its offensive possessions, but still had to make three consecutive defensive stops at the end to close out a hard-fought 89-87 road win over Hiram College.
Wooster scored the first five points of the second half to pull within six (33-27), but it was all Ohio Wesleyan University after that as the Battling Bishops responded with a 22-8 stretch to win going away.
Wooster held Allegheny College without a field goal for more than nine minutes midway through the first half, constructing a 40-16 lead during that stretch, and cruised to a 93-76 victory.
Wooster scored on its first seven offensive possessions, part of a 12-0 run to start the game, and never looked back en route to a 109-86 rout of fellow North Coast Athletic Conference foe Earlham College.
Wooster outscored Denison University 33-11 over a 10-minute stretch midway through the second half, which allowed the Fighting Scots to pull away for an 86-66 victory.
Wooster led for the final 32 minutes, including by as much as 15 points, but had to hold off a late surge by Wittenberg to prevail 68-59 in the arch-rivals’ first match-up of the season.
An inspired Wabash College squad knocked off Wooster 75-58, as the Little Giants led wire-to-wire in giving their coach Mac Petty his 500th career victory.
Wooster used a 15-5 spurt at the onset of the second half to break away from a 35-35 halftime tie and key its 74-64 North Coast Athletic Conference road victory over Kenyon.
Wooster outscored Mt. Union College 19-4 over the final five minutes to turn what had been a close game into an 80-61 victory, as the Fighting Scots won the championship game of their 46th annual E.M. “Mose” Hole/Kiwanis Classic.
A 14-1 run midway through the first half put the University of Hawaii at Hilo on top by double digits, and the NCAA Div. II Vulcans held off a series of rallies by Wooster to prevail 90-77.
After missing out on a chance to win at the end of regulation, Wooster took control early in overtime, outscoring Albion College 11-2 at the outset of the extra session en route to a 74-66 victory.
In a key early-season North Coast Athletic Conference tilt, Wooster used a couple of first-half bursts to build a substantial lead on Ohio Wesleyan University and the host Fighting Scots went on to an 82-65 victory.
Wooster scored 23 of the game’s first 24 points Wednesday night en route to a 104-54 win over visiting Oberlin College in the teams’ North Coast Athletic Conference opener.
Wooster drained 19-of-42 3-pointers, keying a 93-61 victory over the host school in Hanover College’s John R. Collier Tournament consolation game on Sunday afternoon at Hanover, Ind. The 19 3-pointers made were the fourth-most in team history.
Wooster led No. 7 ranked University of Wisconsin-Platteville early in the second half, but the Pioneers would later put together a 19-5 stretch and eventually secure a 76-67 victory.