by Mallory Bontreger
In the game last night the Bethel and Goshen players played very hard and worked well together. At the start of the second half Goshen ran out of gas, and fell far behind on a 19-2 run and were never able to catch back up. After the game, Bethel’s coach, Mike Lightfoot, said, “We had a lot of players contribute on offense. Everybody that played scored. We needed that because Caleb Laidig (the leading scorer for Bethel) is battling the flu.” At the beginning of the game nobody was sure how the game would end up because both teams started the game playing with the same energy. Goshen player Carl Steen started off the game well with a great dunk. He is a 6’4” Senior with plenty of experience. None of the players were ever just standing or waiting around. They were always moving to get open. The first half of the game was a lot more intense because the score was much closer. The fans were very intent on watching the game and cheered loud for their teams. The coaches were very into the game as well. The coach of Goshen College, Gary Chupp, got a technical foul after getting mad at the referees and going out on the court. Later on after the game, Gary mentioned, “One of the things we have got to learn is how to manufacture energy on nights when we are not shooting well. Good teams learn how to do that. We will show the players the film from the start of the second half and hopefully they will figure it out”. The game was very tough and physical. Bethel gave good effort and it payed off in the end.
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