Game Reports, February 5

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Boys basketball

ELKHART — Seth Kauffman paced the Bruins with 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting in the first half, then chipped in two more points after the intermission as Bethany knocked off Elkhart Christian 45-25 on the road Friday night. Hamilton Thorne was 4-for-6 from the floor in the fourth quarter as Bethany matched their 10-2 run fron the first quarter with a 12-2 run to close it out. Senior guard Jesse Ramer had six rebounds and four assists to lead the Bruins; junior Ben Bontreger joined him with four more of Bethany's 10 assists.
Six-foot, five-inch senior Sean Addison scored all of ECA's six first-quarter points in relief of Drew Lyon, who picked up his second foul with more than three minutes to play and sat for much of the remainder of the first half. Lyon was 3-for-8 from the floor in the remaining three periods, and the two senior forwards finished as co-leading scorers with six points apiece. Lyon led the Eagles with six rebounds.

Bethany 45, ECA 25
Bethany: Mikey Kelly 0-5 0-0 0, Ben Bontreger 3-5 0-0 6, Seth Kauffman 6-11 1-1 13, Jesse Ramer 1-4 0-0 2, Joel Yoder 0-0 0-0 0, Andrew Slagel 1-1 0-0 2, Femi Hollinger-Janzen 2-3 2-5 6, James Helmuth 1-2 0-0 3, Hamilton Thorne 6-10 1-3 13. Totals 20-41 (48.8%) 4-9 (50.0%) 45.
ECA: Tim Weathers 0-0 0-0 0, Kyle Revella 0-6 2-2 2, Mitchell West 2-7 0-0 5, Dalton Lemert 0-1 0-0 0, Drew Lyon 3-8 0-0 6, Sean Addison 2-4 2-2 6, Austin Curtis 0-0 0-0 0, Jess Alexander 1-6 0-0 3, Colin Craft 1-2 0-0 3, Chad Brown 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 9-34 (26.5%) 4-4 (100.0%) 25.
BC 12 14 5 14 — 45
EC 6 8 9 2 — 25
Three-point goals — Bethany 1-7 (Helmuth 1-2, Bontreger 0-2, Kelly 0-3), ECA 3-13 (Craft 1-2, Alexander 1-3, West 1-3, Lemert 0-1, Revella 0-4). Total fouls — Bethany 9, ECA 13. Fouled out — none.
Rebounds — Bethany 25 (Ramer 6, Hollinger-Janzen 4, Kauffman 3, Kelly 3, Slagel 3, Thorne 3, team 2), ECA 22 (Lyon 5, Craft 4, Revella 3, Addison 2, Alexander 2, Brown 2, team 3), 4 unallocated. Assists — Bethany 12 (Bontreger 4, Ramer 4, Kelly 3, Slagel 1), ECA 2 (Curtis 2). Turnovers — Bethany 8, ECA 14. Officials — Danny Hurt, Chris Havens, Karl Abraham.

Bruins finding stride at right time (Elkhart Truth)

Bethany Bruins win at ECA (Goshen News)

JV: Bethany 40, ECA 38, overtime.
BC 6 10 14 5 5 — 40
EC 12 6 10 7 3 — 38
Leading scorers — Bethany: Jeff Yoder 17, Bryce Rheinheimer 8, Caleb Morris 6; ECA: Caleb Stayton 13.