MISHAWAKA – Bethel Men's Basketball earned a tough win over No. 25 IU South Bend in the Crosstown Showdown on Wednesday evening, taking down the Titans 95-87 inside the Wiekamp Athletic Center. Drew Greene led the Pilots with 24 points on 7-of-15 from the field.

GAME VITALS

• Score: Bethel def. IU South Bend 95-87
• Records: Bethel (3-1) | IU South Bend (2-1)
• NAIA Top 25 Coaches' Poll:  Bethel – NR | IU South Bend – No. 25 
• Location: Wiekamp Athletic Center | Bethel University | Mishawaka, Ind.

STAT TRACKER

• Drew Greene: 25 pts, 5-6 3-pt, 2 ast
• Zac Owens: 22 pts, 5 ast, 4-5 3-pt
• Nathan Aerts: 16 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast
• Brandon Hunt: 15 pts, 4 reb, 3 blk

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• The Pilots improve to 63-6 all-time against IU South Bend, including winning 39 of their last 41 since December 11, 1993.
• The Pilots used a 10-0 run to turn a one-point deficit into a nine-point lead with 7:39 remaining and never gave up the lead for the remainder of the contest.
• Drew Greene, Zac Owens, Wesley Burse, and Brandon Hunt combined to shoot 14-of-19 from the three-point line.
• Brandon Hunt has recorded the second-most blocks thru the first four games of the season since 1993-94 with 10. David Keister recorded 12 in the first four games in 2003-04.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH DRABYN

• "After another tough start defensively, I am proud of our players' effort to come back against a really good offensive team. They have experience, are a tough matchup playing small, and their guards are really good scoring the ball. Allen is a really tough guard with his quickness and abilities and made things go for them early. We changed our ball screen coverage and settled down defensively. We had a second half stretch where we got 12 out of 13 stops that won us the game. I thought Drew Greene came into his own tonight and played with toughness and grit on both ends; Brandon Hunt continues to get better and show more versatility, and Nathan Aerts made some big plays down the stretch There is plenty of stuff for us to work on, but proud of our effort against a team that is going to win a lot of games."

NEXT TIME OUT

• The Pilots host another crosstown rival on Saturday at noon, inviting Holy Cross into the Wiekamp Athletic Center.

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