MISHAWAKA, Ind. — Devin Heath-Granger broke Kenny Edwards' 37-year-old career assist record Wednesday night as Goshen College lost 91-80 at 13th-ranked Bethel College in Crossroads League men's basketball.

The Indianapolis native tied Edwards' mark 57 seconds after halftime on a Christian Grider 3-pointer before breaking it on a Carter Boos triple with 11:38 to play. Heath-Granger finished the game with 20 points, four assists, seven steals and six rebounds; he led the team in three of the four categories, with Billy Geschke adding 22 points off the bench for that team high.

Trey'von Covington and Tanner Shepherd each scored 21 points for Bethel (18-7, 7-6), which also got 14 points from Gage Ott, one of two Pilots to post double-doubles.

The Maple Leafs (10-15, 3-10) held their nationally-ranked foes in check for much of the first half; while GC's only leads came at 2-0 and 6-4, the Pilots never pushed their advantage past nine points and led 38-32 at the half. Goshen shot 34.4 percent (11-for-32) in the opening stanza compared to the Pilots' 48.5 percent (16-for-33), using an 8-5 turnover edge and a 9-4 advantage at the foul line to level things out.

Each team scored on its first possession after halftime with Heath-Granger's record-tying assist pulling the Maple Leafs back within five points. Over the next six-plus minutes, however, the Pilots went 8-for-11 from the floor while forcing four turnovers and five Maple Leaf misses. The dust settled briefly with BC up 60-41 and 12:21 to play.

Heath-Granger added seven points to his total in the last five minutes, part of a 14-3 run that got the Maple Leafs back within as few as eight points with 40 seconds left. The Pilots closed things out with seven foul shots over the final minute.

Bethel finished the second half with a 60 percent clip from the floor, making 18 of its 30 attempts to go with 15 of 21 tries at the foul line. Goshen swung for the fences early and often, trying 22 three-pointers and hitting seven, while shooting 15-for-39 (38.5 percent) overall.

Goshen finished the second half with seven steals to Bethel's one, finishing with an 11-2 edge in that category, but the hosts made up for it on the glass by getting 53 rebounds to their guests' 33. Ott led all players with 13 boards and Shepherd contributed 12; Colton Noel helped pace Goshen with six.

"We got outrebounded by 20: game, set, match," said Goshen head coach Jon Tropf. "When a team is that big and that physical, you have to beat them on the glass. We didn't, and that was a huge factor in the outcome. I'm still pleased and encouraged that this team fights to the end. They deserve a ton of credit for that."

The two teams combined for 48 fouls, with three of Goshen's starters fouling out in the waning minutes as the defense tried to conserve time.

In addition to his career assist mark, Heath-Granger rose into fourth place on GC's single-season assist list, where he now sports 158: Edwards has the single-season record at 181 from his senior season, while Heath-Granger's junior year and Edwards' sophomore season tie for second at 165.

The senior also matched 2000 graduate Matt Littleton for third place with 191 career steals while pulling him within 15 points of 1,000 for his career: the class of 2018 would be the first in Maple Leaf history to have four 1,000-point scorers graduate in the same season.

Geschke and Grider each broke deadlocks to rise up the 3-point list as well: Grider now sits in sixth place with 179 triples and Geschke in eighth with 161. Geschke finishes the night with 1,400 career points and Grider with 1,187, the latter figure good for a tie with Jeff Osborne for 14th-best in school history.

Patryck Ostrowski earned his way into the Goshen record books as well at the end of his first season in GC purple: the Polish sophomore registered his 31st block, matching Chris Junge for 10th-most in a season.

After playing four of their previous five games on the road, the Maple Leafs come home to play three of their final five in Gunden Gymnasium, where the team will need different assists than Heath-Granger's specialty to keep its postseason hopes alive. Taylor University holds the eighth and final spot in the Crossroads League tournament with five games remaining; Goshen and Grace each sit two games behind. Each chasing team plays Taylor again in the season's last 17 days.

Goshen welcomes third-ranked Saint Francis to town Saturday to start a two-game homestand; the men's game begins at 3 after the two schools meet in women's basketball at 1.