Game Reports, January 26

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Boys basketball
HAMILTON, Ind. — Bethany held on for a 59-53 victory against Hamilton Tuesday night despite being outscored 15-14 in the fourth quarter. Seth Kauffman and Mikey Kelly combined to go 10-for-12 from the free throw line in that period. Kelly also added two three-point shots, while Kauffman grabbed seven rebounds and had five assists. The Bruins are now 5-7 and will host No. 15 Blackhawk on Saturday.
Kauffman passed Tom Lantz for third place on the school scoring list with 932 points.
Bethany: Mikey Kelly 2 7-9 13, Ben Bontreger 3 2-2 10, Seth Kauffman 3 7-9 13, Jesse Ramer 2 2-2 6, Joel Yoder 0 0-0 0, Andrew Slagel 3 0-1 6, Femi Hollinger-Janzen 4 0-0 9, James Helmuth 0 0-0 0, Hamilton Thorne 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 18-23 (78.3%) 59.
Hamilton: Lee Stoy 4 4-4 15, Ryan Gaff 0 0-0 0, Simon Brown 2 0-1 4, Suede Schiffli 3 2-2 8, Justin McKnight 3 3-4 10, Austin Boyd 1 2-2 4, Sean Conley 5 2-3 12. Totals 18 13-16 (81.3%) 53.
B 12 14 19 14 — 59
H 12 14 12 15 — 53
Three-point goals — Bethany 5 (Bontreger 2, Kelly 2, Hollinger-Janzen 1), Hamilton 4 (Stoy 3, McKnight 1). Total fouls — Bethany 12, Hamilton 16. Fouled out — Schiffli. Technical — Stoy.
Rebounds — Bethany 19 (Kauffman 7, Ramer 4, Thorne 3), Hamilton 17. Assists — Bethany 9 (Kauffman 5), Hamilton 6. Steals — Bethany 8 (Kauffman 3, Ramer 3, Hollinger-Janzen 1, Kelly 1).

JV: Bethany 30, Hamilton 26. Leading scorers — Bethany: David DeLeeuw 14; Hamilton: RJ Smith 9,  Jordan Harger 7.

Girls basketball
GOSHEN — Jenna Pfeiffer missed the first of a pair of free throws with :00.0 on the clock and Bethany escaped with a 37-35 victory Tuesday night. Marla zumFelde led Bethany with 21 points, 16 in the second half.
Bethany 37, Bremen 35
Bremen: Casey Hueni 0-5 4-5 4, Brittney Pittman 3-9 1-2 8, Jenna Pfeiffer 1-3 1-2 3, Lerin Studt 7-14 0-0 14, Allison Shorter 1-5 0-3 2, Jessica Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Kailee Feldman 1-5 2-2 4. Totals 13-41 (31.7%) 8-14 (57.1%) 35.
Bethany: Mattie Lehman 1-3 0-0 2, Malaina Weldy 1-3 0-0, Twila Albrecht 0-0 0-0 0, Mandy Schlabach 2-2 0-0 4, Ali Hochstetler 1-2 0-0 2, Marla zumFelde 7-16 5-5 21, Natalie Thorne 0-0 0-0 0, Chris Minter 3-6 0-0 2. Totals 15-32 (46.9%) 5-5 (100.0%) 37.
Br 11  7  7 10 — 35
BC  8  7 12 10 — 37
Three-point goals — Bremen 1-4 (Pittman 1-2, Studt 0-2), Bethany 2-4 (zumFelde 2-3, Lehman 0-1). Total fouls — Bremen 15, Bethany 10. Fouled out — Studt (:21.3, fourth quarter).
Rebounds — Bremen 14 (Studt 6, Hueni 3, Shorter 2), Bethany 17 (zumFelde 8, Hochstetler 4, Minter 4). Steals — Bremen 7 (Hueni 3, Studt 3), Bethany 4 (zumFelde 3). Turnovers — Bremen 7 (Studt 2), Bethany 18 (Weldy 5, zumFelde 5, Minter 3). Officials — Danielle Hill, Rick Secor, Joel Easton.

JV: Bethany 24, Bremen 16
Bremen: Meagn Stouder 0-4 0-0 0, Amber Heitzman 0-3 0-0 0, Allison Shorter 0-1 1-3 1, Jenessa Morris 2-11 0-0 5, Kirstyn Buck 2-5 0-3 4, Shayna Graverson 0-2 0-0 0, Brooke Snyder 1-3 0-0 2, Brooke Baker 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 7-35 (20.0%) 1-6 (16.7%) 16.
Bethany: Gina Gautsche 0-4 0-1 0, Laken Richer 3-9 3-4 9, Natalie Thorne 4-11 2-4 10, Twila Albrecht 0-1 1-2 1, Ali Hochstetler 1-3 0-0 2, Alena Yoder 0-5 2-2 2, Caitlin Fecher 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 8-35 (22.9%) 8-13 (61.5%) 24.
Br  3  4  5  4 — 16
BC  4  3  6 11 — 24
Three-point goals — Bremen 1-3 (Morris 1-3), Bethany 0-1 (Gautsche 0-1). Total fouls — Bremen 15, Bethany 5. Fouled out — none.
Rebounds — Bremen 26 (Baker 6, Snyder 6, Buck 5, Morris 5), Bethany 20 (Thorne 7, Yoder 5, Albrecht 3). Steals — Bremen 4 (Buck 2), Bethany 13 (Yoder 6, Richer 3). Turnovers — Bremen 16 (Morris 8, Buck 3, Snyder 3), Bethany 11 (Thorne 6).