GOSHEN, Ind. - The Goshen men's basketball team won their second straight countable game in a row with an 83-65 victory over Defiance on Wednesday night. Goshen has scored at least 75 points in all of their countable games this year. It was the first time this season that the Leafs had held their opponents under 80 points.

Goshen scored the first five points but the Yellow Jackets hung around. The Maple Leafs took their first double-digit lead with just under six minutes to go in the first half and were up by nine at the break. The visitors cut the lead to two in the second half but never went ahead. GC finished on a 10-0 run to end the game. Defiance didn't score a point for the final five minutes and 15 seconds.

The Leafs had an assist to turnover ratio higher than 2.00 for the third time this season. They had no such games last year, and that matches the season totals for 2021-22 and 2022-23. Goshen's +9 turnover margin was the team's best since going +12 against Grace on January 27, 2018. These were Goshen's first back-to-back wins since December 4 and December 11, 2021, against Spring Arbor and Lincoln Christian.

Goshen had ten fast break points in the first half, with back-to-back dunks from Richard Wilson and Kevin Cota. The Leafs shot 44.0% from three with seven made in the first half. Judah Simfukwe was Goshen's leading scorer, efficiently shooting 6-9 and 3-4 from three. He was 6-8 at the line and had five rebounds and no turnovers. Richard Wilson scored 16 off the bench with five rebounds, three assists and three steals. Andre Bradford had 13 points and Tariq Humes was Goshen's fourth double-digit scorer with ten points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and no turnovers.

Goshen (2-3) is at Cleary on Saturday, November 16, at 3:00 pm. The game is being played at Lansing Community College - the address is below.

600 N Grand Ave
Lansing, MI 48933