No. 16 Bethel bests No.13 Marian 66-64

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MISHAWAKA, Ind. – The Bethel College Pilots’ men’s basketball team opened up a 15-point lead on visiting NAIA No. 13 Marian on Tuesday night and held on in a defensive battle to pull a 66-62 upset of the Knights. Paul Forman scored a season-high 27 points to help the Pilots to their 15th win of the season.

 

GAME VITALS

  • Game Score: Bethel def. Marian 66-62
  • Records: Bethel (15-4, 4-3) | Marian (15-4, 4-3)
  • NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll: Bethel – No. 16 | Marian – No. 13
  • Location: Wiekamp Athletic Center | Bethel College | Mishawaka, Ind.

 

STAT TRACKER

 

NEWS AND NOTES

  • The Pilots have now won 8 straight games against Marian—the second-longest active winning streak against league teams (13 straight wins over Spring Arbor).
  • Paul Forman set a season-high with 27 points and went over 400 free throws made in his career with 404. He is now 28 free throws made away from entering the top ten in program history.
  • Juwan Carpenter and Jared DeHart combined for 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 4—of the team’s 8—steals off the bench.
  • The 66 points scored is the fewest for the Pilots this season.
  • The Pilots held a 15-point lead midway through the first half at 25-10. It is the fourth time in their last five games and 12th time this season the Pilots have held at least a 15-point lead at some point in the contest.
  • Trevion Crews recorded his 12th career game with at least 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists, tied for the second-most by a Pilot since 2003-04, behind only Matt Schauss’s feat of 20 such games.

 

UP NEXT

  • The Pilots travel to Spring Arbor, Michigan to take on the NAIA DII No. 8 and Crossroads League-leading Spring Arbor Cougars on Saturday at 3 pm.

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