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Goshen College

Joshua Gentry
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
61
Goshen (IN) GOC 7-14, 0-11
110
Winner Bethel (IN) BUIN 18-3, 8-3
Goshen (IN) GOC
7-14, 0-11
61
Final
110
Bethel (IN) BUIN
18-3, 8-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Goshen (IN) GOC 24 37 61
Bethel (IN) BUIN 46 64 110

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Justin DeWeese

Gentry scores season-high in loss at #10 Bethel

Four days after pushing #11 IWU to overtime, #10 Bethel led from start to finish

MISHAWAKA, Ind. - In their third straight game against a top 15 NAIA team and just four days after taking #11 Indiana Wesleyan to overtime, the Goshen men's basketball team faced #10 Bethel on the road in Mishawaka. The Pilots led from start to finish in a dominating 110-61 win for the home team.

The Pilots scored the first five points of the game and had a 10-0 run later in the first half over a 6:25 scoring drought for the Leafs. Bethel led 46-24 at the break, shooting 45% compared to Goshen's 30%. While the Maple Leafs had a more modest 37 points in the second half, Bethel put up 64 of their own and improved their field goal and three-point percentage. They finished with 16 made threes on 38 attempts and shot 55% overall. Goshen had a narrow edge in free-throw percentage - 63% to 60%.

Marcus Northern was Goshen's lone double-digit scorer with 11 points. He has scored ten or more points in 20 of his last 21 games. Saiveon Williams scored nine off the bench on 4-5 shooting and also brought down six rebounds, his highest total for a Crossroads League game this season. Two of his three highest scoring games this year have been against Bethel. Joshua Gentry had a season-high eight points on 3-4 shooting. Deecon Hill and Caleb Thompson both went 2-4 from deep to finish with six points each. Bethel had seven double-digit scorers, led by 19 from Andrew Hedrick. Juraj Minarovjech had a career-high six rebounds.

Goshen faces Marian at home on Saturday, January 31, at 3:00 pm - their only unranked opponent in a stretch packed with ranked teams.
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