Goshen v. Bethel

by Ethan Miller

Because of Bethels amazing defense Goshen shot 25% from the field in the second half of Tuesdays Conference game at the Gunden center. Goshen stars Jeremy Pope and Matthew Martin combined to shoot 6-33 making almost no shots in the second half.
Goshen started of the game making it very close and making most of there shots. Three pointers were a very big impact in the game. Goshen shot 2-14 in each half. On top of the bad overall three point shooting Goshens top two players shot nineteen threes and made just two.
Bethel came into the second half playing okay defense in the first half but were going to try and play harder, they defiantly did what they wanted. They started of by going on a 19-2 run. That put them up in the game 49-36.
The second half started with the bleachers packed and a very close game. Kyle Davies led the team very well through the first half with six points and rebounds each. He was hoping to come out in the second half and do the same. It might have looked liked he didn't because of the final score, but he actually still had five points and rebounds. Kyle also rebounded his own shot twice and had two keys steals that helped them in the first half when they looked like they were going to fall apart. I think Kyle was the MVP of the game, but you could of given it to Joe Welch who had 10 points and 9 rebounds, also 8 of those points and 7 rebounds came in the second half, which I thought should easily beat Davies, but he still had four fouls in that half. Landon Booker also had 5 key steals to and three of them came in the second half during there 19-2 run.
Goshen played a well fought game through the first half but couldn't compete with the strength of bethels bench, defense and endurance that made bethel dominate the first ten minutes of the second half.