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Saturday, January 28, 2012 . 3:00 pm

Mishawaka, Ind. . Wiekamp Athletic Center
Series Record: Taylor 23-25
Radio: Regional Radio Sports Network
(Paul Condry, Matt Kopsea; rrsn.com)
Host Family: Theo Williams & Family

2 0 1 1 - 1 2 r e s u lt s

date opponent result record

november

2
8
11
12
15
18
19
22
30

@ Holy Cross
@ Aquinas
KUYPER
INDIANA DABNEY
@ RV Concordia (Mich.)
@ RV Judson
vs. PU Calumet
@ Spring Arbor *
No. 19 GOSHEN *

3
6
9
10
16
17

@ RV Taylor
L, 67-85
IU SOUTH BEND
W, 69-66
HOLY CROSS
W, 84-73
No. 20 CARDINAL STRITCH L, 65-78
vs. Edward Waters
W, 73-61
@ No. 1 Northwood
L, 66-101

DECEMBER

W, 68-67
W, 81-79
W, 101-57
W, 93-64
L, 78-86
W, 80-77
W, 75-61
W, 76-74
L, 81-88

JANUARY
3
5
7
10
14
17
21
24
28
31

MT. VERNON NAZARENE * W, 89-77

RV ST. FRANCIS *
L, 58-69
@ Marian *
W, 70-55
No. 5 GRACE *
L, 69-77
@ No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan * W, 83-80
@ No. 19 Huntington * W, 84-77
No. 22 SPRING ARBOR * L, 62-64
@ No. 21 Goshen *
L, 84-92
TAYLOR *
3:00
@ Mt. Vernon Nazarene * 7:00

4
7
11
14
18
22-28

@ RV St. Francis *
RV HUNTINGTON *
RV INDIANA WESLEYAN *
@ No. 4 Grace *
RV MARIAN *
MCC Conference Tournament

FEBRUARY

MARCH

3:00
7:00
3:00
8:00
3:00

7-13 NAIA DII National Tournament

15-17 NCCAA National Tournament

STEVE WARD

1-0
2-0
3-0
4-0
4-1
5-1

bc team info tu
6-1
Pilots
NICKNAME Trojans
7-1 (1-0)
Royal Blue & White
COLORS
Purple & Gold
7-2 (1-1)
None
RANKING None
7-3 (1-2)
14-9 (5-6)
RECORD
15-8 (4-7)
8-3

Mid-Central College
CONFERENCE
Mid-Central College
9-3

NAIA DII
AFFILIATION
NAIA DII
9-4

Mike Lightfoot (657-240 / 25th)
COACH (RECORD / SEASON)
Paul Patterson (708-359 / 34th)
10-4
10-5

game preview

11-5 (2-2)
11-6 (2-3)
12-6 (3-3)
12-7 (3-4)
13-7 (4-4)
14-7 (5-4)
14-8 (5-5)
14-9 (5-6)
WQKO
WQKO

The Pilots are looking to avoid their first three game losing
streak of the season as they face off against the Trojans of
Taylor University. In their previous meeting, the Trojans
blasted the Pilots 85-67 for Coach Paul Pattersons 700th
career victory.

last time out

The Bethel College Pilots made the short trip to Goshen

College on Tuesday night to take on the No. 21 Maple Leafs
and dropped a 92-84 shoot-out.
Goshen opened the contest by connecting on six three-point
baskets in the games first four minutes of action. As a result,
they were able to build a 22-11 lead. The Leafs remained hot
from the field and increased the advantage to 36-22 with
9:49 left in the period. Bethel was unable to get any closer
than ten and at the break, trailed by the score of 52-40.

The Trojans are led by All-Conference guard Casey Coons.

The junior averages 20.6 pts, 2nd in the MCC, along with
3.6 assists, 5th in the MCC, and 1.5 steals. The Trojans Kyle
Hanaway leads the league in assists with 4.9 per contest,
while their big man down below, Nate Kasper, leads the
The second half began much like the first, with the home
WQKO league in field goal percentage at 59.7%.
team holding onto a double digit lead until the late stages
WQKO
As
a
team,
the
Trojans
rank
in
the
top
ten
in
3-pt
field
goal
of the game. With 3:17 left to play, a Goshen turnover led
WQKO
percentage
(5th,
40.5%),
free
throw
precentage
(6th,
74.2%),
to a Bethel basket from Landon Booker, and the Pilots were
WQKO
field
goal
percentage
(8th,
49.8%),
and
scoring
defense
per
within nine (89-80). Bethel continued their late game rally
WQKO
game
(9th,
63.7
ppg).
The
Trojans
also
rank
12th
in
the
nation
by scoring the next two baskets to trim the deficit to just
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in assist-to-turnover ratio at a 1.18 clip.
five (89-84) with 1:32 remaining in regulation. However, the
Maple Leafs converted on three of four free throws down the
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stretch to hold on for the win.
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ZACH MILLER

LANDON BOOKER

BRANDON GERBER

PATRICK OETTING

5-9 Senior Guard

1.6 pts, 0.6 rebs, 0.6 asts, 0.5 stls

6-1 Freshman Guard

13.0 pts, 2.1 rebs, 1.2 asts, .431 3pt%

5-10 Junior Guard

10.3 pts, 1.9 rebs, 3.3 asts, 2.6 stls

6-5 Sophomore Forward

3.4 pts, 3.7 res, 1.3 asts, 0.6 stls

6-6 Sophomore Forward

5.5 pts, 4.8 rebs, 0.8 blks, 0.7 stls

kyle hanaway

tommy peller

casey coons

jake burkholder

nate kasper

6-2 Senior Guard

4.7 pts, 2.9 rebs, 4.9 asts, 0.6 stls

6-2 Junior Guard

9.4 pts, 3.7 rebs, 2.5 asts, 0.9 stls

6-0 Junior Guard

20.6 pts, 3.6 asts, 1.5 stls, .418 3pt%

6-9 Senior Center

10.4 pts, 6.0 rebs, 0.6 blks, .710 fg%

6-9 Senior Center

13.1 pts, 5.6 rebs, .08 blks, .597 fg%

B ETHEL S SEASON STATISTICS

PLAYER
G-GS MIN-AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3PT-3PTA PCT.
FT-FTA PCT. OFF-DEF TOT-AVG PF AST TO BLK STLPTS-AVG
3 Tanner Foust 0-0 0-0.0 0-0
.000
0-0
.000
0-0
.000
0-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0.0
4 Steve Ward
17-4
118-6.9
9-24 .375
7-18 .389
3-5 .600
3-8 11-0.6
6 11 12 0 9 28-1.6
5 Spencer Krhin 11-0 76-6.9 10-24
.417
2-7
.286
5-7
.714 9-10 19-1.7 14 5 2 1 327-2.5
10 Matt Owens 5-0 20-4.0 4-5
.800
3-3
1.000 1-1
1.000 0-3 3-0.6 2 2 3 0 012-2.4
12 Cody Cochran
16-3
306-19.1
42-99 .424
7-36 .194
20-31 .645
10-20 30-1.9 26 21 21 3 17 111-6.9
15 Landon Booker 15-14
350-23.3 57-125 .456
5-16 .313
36-56 .643
10-19 29-1.9 25 49 24 3 39 155-10.3
20 Matt Schauss 22-18
605-27.5 90-229 .393
17-49 .347
71-96 .740
13-62 75-3.4 47 56 80 3 25 268-12.2
21 Taylor Kolbus
22-4
216-9.8
32-69 .464
0-0 .000
13-21 .619
15-38 53-2.4 40 6 19 1 5 77-3.5
22 Zach Miller
22-14
610-27.7 88-205 .429
53-123 .431
57-64 .891
14-33 47-2.1 26 27 26 4 21 286-13.0
23 Nick Lewis
19-0
336-17.7 42-117 .359
12-24 .500
36-49 .735
9-8 17-0.9 40 34 34 0 18 132-6.9
24 Brandon Gerber 18-14
345-19.2
22-74 .297
2-15 .133
15-31 .484
21-45 66-3.7 25 24 25 2 11 61-3.4
25 Michael Mislan 20-2
290-14.5
32-61 .525
0-2 .000
9-15 .600
17-57 74-3.7 20 11 12 4 10 73-3.7
30 Jordan Bowerman 13-11
259-19.9
34-70 .486
1-4 .250
22-33 .667
18-38 56-4.3 33 7 17 6 6 91-7.0
32 Darrell Hopkins 19-0 165-8.7 18-41
.439
0-0
.000 16-32
.500 15-35 50-2.6 23 3 8 5 552-2.7
34 Ryan Benner
19-8
376-19.8 61-131 .466
28-64 .438
30-49 .612
14-44 58-3.1 20 21 25 3 16 180-9.5
41 Patrick Oetting 20-18 320-16.0 43-88
.489
0-2
.000 24-37
.649 38-58 96-4.8 67 16 15 15 14110-5.5
TEAM........
49-37 86-3.9 4
Totals................... 22
4399 584-1362 .429 137-363 .377 358-527 .679 255-515 770-35.0 414 293 327 50 2071663-75.6
Opponents........... 22
4402 616-1297 .475 123-356 .346 289-444 .651 225-592 817-37.1 445 315 399 85 1591644-74.7
SCORE BY HALVES
Bethel
Opponents

1ST
2ND OT TOTAL
764 899 -- 1663
823 821 -- 1644

by t he numb er s

category bc Tu
Scoring Off. / Def.
75.6 / 74.7
72.0 / 63.7
Total Rebounds Off. / Def. 35.0 / 37.1
30.2 / 29.8
Off. / Def. Rebounds
11.6 / 23.4
7.1 / 23.1
Assists
13.3 13.7
Turnovers
14.9 11.6
Blocks
2.3 2.6
Steals
9.4 5.3
Field Goal Pct. Off. / Def. .429 / .475
.498 / .432
3-Pt. FG Pct. Off. / Def.
.377 / .346
.405 / .370
Free Throw Pct. Off. / Def. .679 / .651
.742 / .730
Scoring
Bethel
Zach Miller
13.0
Taylor
Casey Coons
20.6
REBOUNDS
Bethel
Patrick Oetting
4.8
Taylor
Jake Burkholder
6.0
ASSISTS
Bethel
Landon Booker
3.3
Taylor
Kyle Hanaway
4.9
BLOCKS
Bethel
Patrick Oetting
0.8
Taylor
Nate Kasper
0.8
STEALS
Bethel
Landon Booker
2.6
Taylor
Casey Coons
1.5
3-POINTERS MADE
Bethel
Zach Miller
2.4
Taylor
Casey Coons
3.3
FIELD GOAL PCT. (4.0 ATT/GM)
Bethel
Patrick Oetting
.489
Taylor
Jake Burkholder
.710
3-PT. FG PCT. (2.0 ATT/GM)
Bethel
Ryan Benner
.438
Taylor
Ben Raichel
.473
FREE THROW PCT. (2.0 ATT/GM)
Bethel
Zach Miller
.891
Taylor
Casey Coons
.906

tay l o r r o s t e r

NO. NAME POS. HT. CLASS

11
Ben Raichel
G
6-1
Sophomore
13
Kyle Hanaway
G
6-2
Senior
15
Casey Coons
G
6-0
Junior
21
Tommy Peller
G
6-2
Junior
23
Jake Hoffman
G
5-10
Junior
25
Jesse Coffey
G
6-3
Freshman
31
Darayl Jordan
F
6-4
Freshman
33
Jake Burkholder
C
6-9
Senior
35
Josh Riikonen
F
6-7
Sophomore
41
Nate Kasper
C
6-9
Junior
43
Josh Forbes
F
6-4
Freshman
51
Nathan Burdette
G
6-1
Junior
54
Ian Dutcher
G
6-9
Freshman
Coaches: Paul Patterson, Brad Zarges, Drew Tower

m c c s ta n d i n g s

SCHOOL
No. 4 Grace
No. 21 Goshen
RV Marian
RV Saint Francis
No. 17 Spring Arbor
RV Indiana Wesleyan
Bethel
RV Huntington
Taylor
Mount Vernon Nazarene

MCC PCT. OVR PCT.

8-3 .727
18-4 .818
6-5 .545
16-7 .696
6-5 .545
15-7 .682
6-5 .545
15-8 .652
6-5 .545
15-8 .652
6-5 .545
14-9 .609
5-6 .455
14-9 .609
5-6 .455
13-10 .565
4-7 .364
15-8 .652
3-8 .273
9-14 .391

HOMETOWN
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GB
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2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
3.0
3.0
4.0
5.0

STREAK
Lost 1
Won 1
Won 3
Won 2
Lost 1
Won 1
Lost 2
Lost 3
Lost 1
Won 1