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MBB vs SMWC
69
St. Mary-Woods SMWC 3-4, 0-0
82
Winner Bethel (IN) BU 3-1, 0-0
St. Mary-Woods SMWC
3-4, 0-0
69
Final
82
Bethel (IN) BU
3-1, 0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. Mary-Woods SMWC 28 41 69
Bethel (IN) BU 37 45 82

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Pilots Pull Away From SMWC 82-69 Behind Bontrager’s 22, McBride’s Five Threes

MISHAWAKA, Ind. – Bethel Men's Basketball improved to 3-1 on Tuesday night with an 82-69 win over SMWC at Gates Gymnasium. The Pilots led by as many as 20 after opening the second half on an 11-0 run, and shot 14-of-28 (50.0 percent) from three-point range. Caedmon Bontrager led the Pilots with 22 points and 12 rebounds, Luke McBride added 20 points on 5-of-9 shooting from deep, and Ethan Edwards scored all 16 of his points in the first half. Bethel out-rebounded the visitors 38-22 and turned 14 SMWC turnovers into 21 points.

QUICK FACTS
Location: Gates Gymnasium | Mishawaka, Ind.
Game Results:  Bethel def. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 82-69
Records: Bethel - 3-1 | SMWC - 3-4
NAIA Top-25: BU - RV | SMWC - NR

GAME RECAP
FIRST HALF

  • Bethel opened with an 8-2 lead on McBride's two threes and a Bontrager layup.
  • Edwards took over from there. He scored all 10 of Bethel's points over a 3:49 stretch, with two threes, a jumper and a layup, to push the Pilots ahead 18-14 with 10:04 left. SMWC stayed close behind threes from KC Chandler and Jasmin Suvalija and layups from EJ Reese.
  • SMWC then went on a 7-1 run, taking its only lead of the game on Donavon Barnett's three for a 20-19 edge with 8:51 left. Terrance Hill's free throw made it 21-19 with 8:05 remaining, and Bethel went more than three minutes without a point.
  • McBride's three off an Edwards assist put the Pilots back in front 22-21 with 5:57 left, and the Pilots led the rest of the way. Giorgi Shalikiani scored on a third consecutive offensive rebound, and Bontrager's layup and free throw off an Ullom assist made it 27-23 with 3:44 left.
  • Bethel closed the half on a 10-3 run: Edwards hit a three off an Ullom assist, Ullom hit a jumper, Edwards hit another three, and Munoz scored off an Edwards steal with three seconds left. That gave Bethel a 37-28 halftime lead.
  • The Pilots shot 14-of-31 (45.2 percent) in the half, hit 7 of 13 threes, and grabbed eight offensive rebounds.
SECOND HALF
  • Bethel opened the second half on an 11-0 run in 2:23. Shalikiani scored off a Bontrager assist, Bontrager hit a three off a Munoz assist, Munoz hit a three of his own, and McBride hit a three off a Bontrager assist for a 48-28 lead with 17:37 left. It was Bethel's largest lead of the game at 20.
  • SMWC answered with a 20-10 stretch over the next 6:32. DJ Moss scored all nine of his points in that stretch, and Reid Smith's five points and a Bontrager dunk off a McBride assist kept BU ahead. Thomas Girma's layup cut it to 58-50 with 9:23 left, the closest SMWC got in the half.
  • The Pilots responded with a 9-2 stretch, with two McBride free throws, a Smith three and layup, and two Bontrager free throws, to make it 67-52 with 7:04 remaining.
  • Bontrager grabbed three straight offensive rebounds before scoring on a layup for a 69-54 lead with 5:57 left, and McBride's three off a Smith assist pushed it to 72-54 with 5:28 remaining.
  • Bontrager's three off a Dylan Fey assist and a layup off another Fey assist made it 78-63 with 2:09 left. Fey followed with an offensive-rebound layup, McBride closed it out at the line, and Bethel won 82-69.
  • Bethel shot 15-of-31 in the second half with seven threes, as SMWC shot 16-of-30 and went 7-of-8 from the line.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

  • Bethel hit 14 of 28 threes (50.0 percent), led by McBride (5-of-9), Edwards (4-of-5) and Smith (2-of-2).
  • The Pilots out-rebounded SMWC 38-22, and their 16 offensive rebounds led to 15 second-chance points compared to three for the visitors, with Shalikiani grabbing six of his 10 rebounds on the offensive end.
  • Edwards scored all 16 of his points in the first half on 6-of-8 shooting, including four threes.
  • Bethel turned 14 SMWC turnovers into 21 points, while SMWC scored just seven points off the Pilots' 16 turnovers.
  • SMWC's bench scored 51 of its 69 points, but Bethel's starters countered with 54, led by Bontrager and McBride.


KEY PILOTS


NEXT UP
  • The Pilots are on the road to take on Saint Xavier in Chicago on Saturday at 4:00 PM.
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NEXT HOME GAME
  • Bethel returns home on November 21st when they face Goshen at 3:00 PM.
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  • Tickets can be found HERE.
 

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