Men's Basketball: Bison Fall to Titans

New Wilmington, Pa. – After being off for 29 days, the Bethany College Men's basketball team returned to the hardwood to face the Westminster College Titans in a PAC matchup. The Titans handed the Bison a 91-66 loss Saturday afternoon.

GAME FLOW

• Derek White Jr. put the Bison on the board for the Bison's first bucket of the game.
• Westminster started the game on an 11-2 run. Asa Klimchock drained a three to stop the Titan run.
• The used an 8-0 run to cut the Titan lead to 11-10.
• The Titans pulled away to a 19-13 lead after stringing together consecutive buckets.
• A Brendan Riggs' three from downtown cut the Titan lead to 29-24, but the Titans pulled back ahead double digits, 34-24 with under 8:30 to go in the first half.
• Down nine, Riggs hit a trey to cut the Titan lead to six, 38-32 with under five minutes to go in the first half.
• The Titans battled back using an 11-1 run to lead the Bison, 49-33 heading into the half.
• Westminster opened the second half on a 15-3 run.
• Bethany strung together a 10-2 run to cut the Westminster lead to 20, 66-46.
• The Bison were unable to overcome the Titan commanding lead.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Junior Asa Klimchock led the Bison with 18 points.
• Brendan Riggs added 15 points, shooting 5-for-11 from three.
• Derek White Jr. added 12 points.
• Trent Uphold had a team high three steals and added seven points.
• Tyler Block had a team high six rebounds.

UP NEXT 

Bethany College Men's basketball will return to action on Monday, January 17 when they travel to Beaver Falls, Pa. for a PAC matchup against the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes at 7:30 pm.