The Bluffton University men's basketball team slipped to 4-12 overall and 2-7 in the Heartland Conference after falling 65-47 in a home matchup against Manchester University on Wednesday, January 18. Manchester improved to 8-8 and 6-3 in the HCAC.
The Pandora-Gilboa High School boys basketball team traveled to Arlington on January 20 in hopes of staying undefeated atop the Blanchard Valley Conference standings. But with Arlington’s game winning shot at the buzzer, P-G lost in heartbreaking fashion, 46-45.
With eleven seconds left in the game and the Rockets down one, P-G’s Aidan Harris was fouled putting him at the line for a one-and-one. Harris stepped to the line and calmly hit both free throws for a 45-44 lead. Following a Red Devil timeout, with just 5.9 seconds left, Arlington had the ball at half court to set up the final play. The Red Devil point guard got the ball, backed down the P-G defender who was flanked all over him, banked in the off-balanced, one-handed shot.
NORTH MANCHESTER, Indiana–The Bluffton University women's basketball team fought hard on the way to a 74-64 win at Manchester University on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The Beavers improved to 12-4 overall and 5-3 in conference play. Manchester fell to 6-9 and 2-6 in the conference.
The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team led at the half but lost 45-37 at Lincolnview in a Northwest Conference contest Thursday evening, January 19.
The Lancers rallied with a 32-18 second half to complete their comeback from a six-point halftime deficit.
Bluffton fell to 11-6 overall and 1-4 in the NWC with the road defeat that dropped them into a tie for seventh place in the league.
The Bluffton High School girls basketball team used a big second period to defeat visiting WBL foe Defiance 55-45 in a non-league game Tuesday evening, January 17.
Bluffton improved to 11-5 overall with the win. The Pirate girls improved to 9-1 at home with the victory.
Slumping WBL foe Defiance fell to 1-12 with the defeat.
The Pirates and Bulldogs were tied 11-11 after the opening stanza.
But a 20-8 second quarter shot Bluffton into a 12-point halftime lead they basically held onto the rest of the game.
