Game Reports, January 5

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Boys basketball

BREMEN, Ind. — Bethany overcame a 12-11 deficit after the first quarter with a 21-4 second period advantage to defeat Bremen 65-44 Tuesday night. Hamilton Thorne led the Bruins with 19 points and 11 rebounds, both career highs, while Seth Kauffman contributed 16 points.
The JV team lost 20-16, paced by six points from Andrew Snyder.

Bethany 65, Bremen 44
Bethany: Ben Bontreger 3 0-1 8, Seth Kauffman 7 2-5 16, Jesse Ramer 1 0-0 2, Joel Yoder 1 0-0 3, Andrew Slagel 3 0-2 6, Femi Hollinger-Janzen 5 0-0 10, James Helmuth 0 1-2 1, David DeLeeuw 0 0-0 0, Hamilton Thorne 6 7-8 19. Totals 26 10-18 (55.6%) 65.
Bremen: Ben Hueni 0 0-0 0, Ty Holmes 0 0-1 0, Jesse Glingle 0 0-0 0, Cody Barrier 5 2-5 14, Ethan Pike 0 0-0 0, Tyler Pfeiffer 1 0-0 2, JJ Schafer 2 1-2 5, Ryan Carpenter 0 0-0 0, Kyle Feldman 7 4-5 19 Justin Nick 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 7-13 (53.8%) 44.
Three-point goals — Bethany 3 (Bontreger 2, Yoder 1), Bremen 3 (Barrier 2, Feldman 1). Total fouls — Bethany 16, Bremen 19. Fouled out — Pfeiffer. Technical — Pfeiffer.
BC 11 21 17 16 — 65
Br 12  4  9 19 — 44
Rebounds — Bethany 31 (Thorne 11, Kauffman 5, Ramer 5, Hollinger-Janzen 4, Slagel 3), Bremen 22. Assists — Bethany 17 (Kauffman 7, Hollinger-Janzen 3, Ramer 3), Bremen 9. Blocks — Bethany: Thorne 3. Steals — Bethany: Hollinger-Janzen 3, Bontreger 2, Kauffman 2, Yoder 2.
JV: Bremen 20, Bethany 16. Leading scorers — Bethany: Andrew Snyder 6; Bremen: Austin Huff 8.

MS boys basketball
GOSHEN — Wawasee 39, Bethany 27.
W 15  6 12 6 — 39
B  6  6  5  8 — 27
Leading scorers —Wawasee: Austin Lutz 13, Tommy Martin 12; Bethany: Sol Brenneman 12, Tanner Fervida 7.
"B": Wawasee 58, Bethany 8.
W 16 18 22  2 — 58
B  4  2  0  2 — 8
Leading scorers — Wawasee: Jake Hutchinson 13, Conner Rietveld 8; Bethany: four players with 2.

PHOTO: Larry Tebo/Elkhart Truth