Men's Basketball - 2007-08 News Releases
April 24, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — As usual, summer will be a busy time around the Wittenberg University athletics complex in 2008. Twelve different Wittenberg varsity athletic teams – men's basketball, women's basketball, field hockey, football, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball – are sponsoring summer camps this year. Read More ... |
March 5, 2008
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg junior wing Gregg Hill (Farmington Hills, Mich./Redford Union) has been named first-team to highlight Wittenberg's selections to the 2008 All-North Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball squad, announced today after voting by the conference's head coaches. Read More ... |
March 5, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A solid 2007-08 winter sports season wrapped up for the Wittenberg University Tigers over the last two weeks as the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) awarded 17 Wittenberg student-athletes and coaches with postseason honors. Read More ... |
Feb. 26, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers rallied from a 10-point deficit in the late-going, only to see Allegheny's Charlie Jaicks hit a game-winning shot with four seconds left to secure a 65-63 upset. The loss snapped an amazing Wittenberg streak of 22 straight conference tournament quarterfinal victories, dating back to 1986. Read More ... |
Feb. 23, 2008
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GAMBIER, Ohio — No one expected Wittenberg to lose on Saturday, but no one expected Kenyon to play like it was the end of the century, either. The Tigers dropped a 64-51 decision to the Kenyon Lords in the last regular season game of the year for both teams. Read More ... |
Feb. 20, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — After a slow start and trailing most of the first half, the Tigers rallied to tie the game going into the intermission. In the second, it was back-and-forth but Wittenberg pulled into the lead with two minutes left and cruised to the win. Read More ... |
Feb. 13, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Despite failing to disarm the Bishops' sturdy zone defense in the first half, the Wittenberg Tigers pushed to a lead in the second period, but could not seal the deal as Ohio Wesleyan's venomous three-point shooting turned every chance at momentum into a short-lived burst, as Wittenberg fell 69-72 to the Bishops. Read More ... |
Feb. 12, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University Tigers and the College of Wooster Fighting Scots, North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) men's basketball co-leaders at the start of the week, will renew their spirited rivalry at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, and tickets for the game at Timken Gymnasium in Wooster's Armington Physical Education Center are in high demand. Read More ... |
Feb. 9, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — After a slow start, the Wittenberg Tigers put things together in the second half to pull away from Allegheny and record a 78-66 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) win over the Gators. Read More ... |
Feb. 6, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Earlham men's basketball team pushed and prodded, but the men of Wittenberg would not be budged. After allowing Earlham to lead with six minutes left in the first half, the Tigers put ground between themselves and the Quakers with a 12-0 run to end the period, and sealed the victory with an 11-5 run to end the contest. Read More ... |
Feb. 3, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Brown reached another milestone with Saturday's 91-85 victory over host Hiram College. Now in his 21st season as a head coach and his 15th directing his alma mater's men's basketball program, Brown earned his 400th career victory. Read More ... |
Feb. 2, 2008
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HIRAM, Ohio — The Hiram Terriers fought hard, perhaps harder than the Tigers have seen in recent history. But Wittenberg barely clutched to the lead for a 91-85 win. Read More ... |
Jan. 30, 2008
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CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — The Wittenberg Tigers saw a 15-point second half lead evaporate but still managed to gut out a clutch 54-52 victory at North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Wabash. Read More ... |
Jan. 26, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg men's basketball team recovered from a midweek loss to Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday by beating the visiting Kenyon Lords by a final score of 74-61. Numerous Tigers had hot hands as four different players shot 66% or better. Read More ... |
Jan. 23, 2008
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DELAWARE, Ohio — For the second straight game, the Wittenberg Tigers went toe-to-toe with one of the leading contenders for the 2008 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship. Unlike Saturday's dramatic overtime win over nationally ranked Wooster, the Tigers watched their opponent make the key plays down the stretch in a 70-67 loss at Ohio Wesleyan. Read More ... |
Jan. 22, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Nearly eight months after Wittenberg University lost one of its most respected coaches, administrators and faculty members, the arena in the campus's Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center (HPERC) will officially be dedicated to the memory of Pam Evans Smith, class of 1982, in a ceremony at noon Saturday, Feb. 2. Read More ... |
Jan. 20, 2008
NCAC Player of the Week: Brandan Barabino Named NCAC Player of the Week |
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg's Brandan Barabino, a 6-4 senior wing, converted three free throws to lift Wittenberg into a tie with Wooster and send their game for first place in the NCAC into overtime. Barabino had missed two charity shots earlier in the contest, but redeemed himself in a big way when he was fouled in the act of shooting from behind the three-point arc with just one second left on the clock and the Tigers down by three. He made all three of the resulting free throws to send the game into the extra session; Wittenberg won 87-86. Barabino scored a career-high 26 points in the game and added eight rebounds and five assists. He finished the week with 35 points and 16 boards. Click here to see complete list of 2007-08 NCAC Men's Basketball Players of the Week. Read More ... |
Jan. 19, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — It would be fair to say that the Wittenberg Tigers bounced back from the brink more than once Saturday in the raucous mayhem that was the HPER Center. It only took three clutch free throws with one second left in regulation and a coast-to-coast burst with four seconds left in overtime to secure an 87-86 overtime win over nationally ranked Wooster. Read More ... |
Jan. 16, 2008
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RICHMOND, Ind. — It wasn't pretty - or easy - but few things have qualified as either in this challenging 2007-08 season for the Wittenberg Tigers. The bottom line is that the Tigers escaped Earlham with a 59-49 victory to set up a first place North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) showdown Saturday at the Wittenberg's HPER Center. Read More ... |
Jan. 12, 2008
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MEADVILLE, Pa. — The Wittenberg Tigers continued their strong midseason push with a seventh straight victory, topping Allegheny on the road by a score of 72-55. The win pushed the Tigers to 8-5 overall and, more importantly, to 4-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC). The win over Allegheny was Wittenberg's first against a team with a winning record as the Gators dropped to 7-6 overall and 2-2 in the NCAC. Read More ... |
Jan. 5, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers awoke in the second half to pull away from visiting Oberlin and capture a hard-fought 82-66 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) victory. Read More ... |
Jan. 2, 2008
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GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers ran their modest mid-season winning streak to five straight games on Wednesday, opening the new year just as they left off 2007 with a 73-59 win over Denison. Read More ... |
Dec. 29, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — For the 22nd time in the 25-year history of Wittenberg's holiday basketball tournament, currently known as the Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic, the Wittenberg Tigers were crowned champions after gutting out a 54-50 win over Wisconsin-La Crosse. Read More ... |
Dec. 28, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg rode a wave of quality shooting to a 71-58 win over Olivet in the second game of the men's Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic on Friday night. Junior Gregg Hill (Farmington Hills, Mich./Redford Union) lit up the Comets on 53 percent shooting, including 4-of-8 shooting from beyond the three-point arc and a 5-of-6 performance from the free throw line, giving him the game high in points at 23. Read More ... |
Dec. 27, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams welcome an outstanding field of eight teams for the 2007 Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic. The competition is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 28, and Saturday, Dec. 29, at Wittenberg's HPER Center Arena with games on both days scheduled for 12:30, 2:45, 5:30 and 7:45 p.m. Read More ... |
Dec. 19, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers pulled ahead early and kept visiting Otterbein at arm's length the rest of the way in an 87-73 victory over the Cardinals. It was Wittenberg's second straight win after the first four-game losing streak in more than a decade. The Tigers head into a nine-day layoff with a 3-5 overall record, while Otterbein fell to 1-8 on the season. Read More ... |
Dec. 8, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers' search for a winning formula came to a successful conclusion Saturday with a convincing 77-57 win over visiting Hiram in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) opener for both teams. Read More ... |
Dec. 4, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The troubled Tigers continued their early season struggles, as they dropped a 73-58 decision to Cedarville in their last game before opening conference play on Saturday. Read More ... |
Dec. 1, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Kyle Bigler had a big night and his first points all season, but the combined efforts of the Tigers weren't enough to stop them from falling into a three-game skid with a 50-45 loss at Transylvania. Read More ... |
Nov. 28, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers saw a 12-point lead evaporate over the final 12 minutes of the second half in a stunning 59-57 home loss to Ohio Northern. Read More ... |
Nov. 20, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers took their best shots at one of the top-ranked in NCAA Division III (based on preseason polls), but they still came up on the short end of a 79-75 score in their 2007 home opener. Read More ... |
Nov. 17, 2007
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CHICAGO, Ill. — A night after giving up 46 points and 10 three-pointers in the first half of a season-opening loss to Benedictine, the Wittenberg Tigers bounced back to limit Kalamazoo to just 23 points and zero three-pointers in an 80-72 victory. Read More ... |
Nov. 16, 2007
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CHICAGO, Ill. — The Wittenberg Tigers picked up a career-high 24 points from junior Gregg Hill (Farmington Hills, Mich./Redford Union), but they couldn't put together enough of a rally to defeat Benedictine University in the season-opener at Wheaton College's Lee Pfund Classic. Read More ... |
Nov. 1, 2007
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wooster's men and Denison and Kenyon's women were tabbed as the favorites in preseason voting by both league coaches and members of the media after the North Coast Athletic Conference's 's 24th annual Basketball Media Day, which was held today via teleconference. Wittenberg was selected to finish third by both the media and the coaches in the men's and women's title chases. Read More ... |
Oct. 26, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A great college basketball story finally has a conclusion, thanks to Wittenberg men's basketball assistant coach Randy Lincicome. A Tri-Valley High School graduate who currently works as a teacher at Mechanicsburg High School in nearby Champaign County, Lincicome published a book titled The Last Eight Years. Read More ... |
Aug. 8, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Brown has announced that Travis Schwab has been selected to be the Tigers' new assistant coach. Schwab, a 2004 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, comes to Wittenberg after serving last year as the full-time assistant at Kenyon College under current head coach and Wittenberg Athletics Hall of Honor member Matt Croci. Read More ... |
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