Men's Basketball: Bison battle Titans for 89-86 win at home

BETHANY, W.Va. – The Bethany College men's basketball team battled Westminster College in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) matchup Saturday afternoon inside Hummel Field House. The Bison edged the Titans, 89-86.

GAME FLOW/HIGHLIGHTS

• It was a back-and-forth affair between the teams for majority of the game. The Bison jumped out to a 7-2 lead to open the game. Both teams continued to battle keeping the game close. The Titans used an 8-2 spurt to go ahead 39-33 with other over minutes left in the half. The Titans would hold the slim 47-45 lead heading into the halftime break.
• After knotting the game at 49-49, the Bison went on a 9-2 run to take a seven point lead. Tony Fox led the charge with a pair of layups. The Titans battled back and knotted the game at 58-58. With multiple lead changes, the battle continued down to the wire. With 2:24 to go, the teams were deadlocked at 84-84. The Bison took an 89-86 lead after Cole Dailey would capitalize on an old-fashion three point play with 38 seconds to go. The Titans had the ball with time ticking down, they would attempt a shot but Troy Hixson would come up with the block and rebound to seal the victory.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Cole Dailey led the Bison with 27 points and 10 rebounds. He had four assists and shot 12-for-16 from the field.
• Tony Fox added 13 points with six rebounds.
• Ben Guffey, Troy Hixson and Cole Matthews added 11 points each.
• Will Brooks pulled down 10 rebounds.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Bethany shot 47.1% from the field while Westminster went 41.9% from the field.
• The Bison shot 10-of-27 from three while holding the Titans to 3-for-19.
• Westminster capitalized from the charity stripe making 21-of-26 while Bethany went 13-of-19.
• The game was tied 30 times with 32 lead changes.

NOTEABLES

• The last time the Bison won at least five games was the 2018-19 season.
• The last time Bethany defeated Westminster was in the 2017-18 season, when the Bison edged the Titans, 76-72 on Feb. 22, 2018 to advance to the PAC Championship against Thomas More.

RECORDS

Bethany College – 6-10 (5-6 PAC)

Westminster College – 7-8 (5-6 PAC)

UP NEXT

Bethany will return to the court on Jan. 18 when they host Allegheny College for a PAC matchup beginning at 7:30 pm.