Bluffton High School girls' lost to Riverdale 41-31 in the opening round of the Bath McDonald's Holiday Tournament. Stats on the game are attached at the bottom of this story.
Ready for a little between Christmas and New Year's holiday entertainment? There are plenty of basketball games featuring Pirates and Beavers from Dec. 27 to Dec. 30.
Four Bluffton teams are involved in basketball holiday tournaments played in Bluffton or Lima in late December. Here's the schedules:
Bluffton University McDonald's Tournament Founders Hall
Dec. 29
6 p.m. - Pittsburgh-Greensburg (PA) vs. Westminster (PA)
Second game - Bluffton vs. Wright State-Lake
The Bluffton University men's basketball team hosted OSU-Lima on Friday, December 17. The Beavers started out strong, doubling up on Barons in the first half 60-29. Bluffton continued to dominate in the second half, pulling away for a 118-57 victory which just missed the school record of 120 set against Giffin in 1960-61. The Beavers jumped to 6-3 overall, while the Barons fell to 7-6.
Bluffton High School boys basketball team went 1 for 1 over the weekend against Western Buckeye League teams, losing to Van Wert on Friday and defeating Bath on Saturday.
BHS defeated Bath (2-2) on the road 61-55, after losing to a 4-0 extremely talented Van Wert team 77-25. Bluffton is 2-1 overall after its WBL weekend. Levi Gleason led the Pirates with 26 points against Bath.
The BHS-Bath stats are at the bottom of this story.
