College Roundup

WINONA LAKE -ÊFor the second time this season, the Grace College and Huntington College women's basketball teams hooked up for a game that came down to the wire. Earlier this year, Grace defeated Huntington 66-65, but Wednesday Huntington picked up a 56-51 victory.

Huntington led for much of the game but never by more than nine points. The Foresters scored the final four points of the first half to take a 29-25 lead into the break. In the second half, Huntington quickly expanded the lead, but Grace fought back to as close as three points late.

Tracie Mezera led Grace with 17 points, many from the free throw line. She was 7 of 8 from the charity stripe. Kari Helmuth added 10 points and Danielle Mowery had a team-high eight rebounds.

Huntington improves to 10-13 on the season and 2-9 in the Mid-Central Conference, while Grace falls to 8-18 overall and 2-9 in the MCC. The Lancers will host Indiana Wesleyan Saturday at 1 p.m.

HUNTINGTON 56, GRACE 51

Huntington 29 27 - 56

Grace 25 26 - 51

Huntington -ÊSarah Gordon 5-14 5-6 15, Mindy Adams 0-1 0-0 0, Michelle Hart 0-2 2-2 2, Michelle Bauer 2-8 4-6 8, Bethany Woelffer 0-0 2-2 2, Andrea Amber 0-0 2-2 2, Colleen Sargent 1-3 0-0 2, Rhonda Doud 2-2 0-0 4, Crissy Collins 8-13 2-3 18, Shannon Sargent 1-2 1-5 3. Totals -Ê19-45 18-26 56.

Grace -ÊTracie Mezera 5-11 7-8 17, Danielle Mowery 1-6 2-2 4, Sidney Bollier 3-8 0-0 6, Kari Helmuth 4-7 0-0 10, Eleanor Marquis 2-4 0-1 4, Jordan Rees 0-0 0-0 0, Nikki Heaphy 2-8 0-0 4, Arica Edwards 2-5 2-2 6. Totals -Ê19-49 11-13 51.

Three-point goals -ÊHuntington 0-9 (Gordon 0-6, Hart 0-1, S. Sargent 0-2), Grace 2-11 (Bollier 0-3, Helmuth 2-5, Heaphy 0-1). Rebounds - Huntington 32, Grace 30 (Mowery 8). Assists -ÊHuntington 5, Grace 9. Steals -ÊHuntington 8, Grace 5. Fouls - Huntington 13, Grace 20. Fouled out - none. Turnovers -ÊHuntington 19, Grace 25.

BLUFFTON 85, MANCHESTER 57

Wednesday in Bluffton, Ohio

The Manchester College women's basketball team traveled to Bluffton Wednesday. The Spartans fell to Bluffton 85-57.

Manchester is 2-19 overall and 1-9 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Manchester 30 27 - 57

Bluffton 41 44 - 85

Complete game statistics were not available.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

MANCHESTER 88, BLUFFTON 65

Wednesday in North Manchester

The Manchester men's basketball team improved to 6-4 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference with an 88-65 win over Bluffton College Wednesday night.

Six Spartans finished the night in double-figure scoring. Yul Lee led the Manchester squad with 15 points, while Marc patterson added 13. Carson Harris scored 12 points for the Spartans, and Travis Haynes had 11. Jeremy Neely and Rex Reimer added 10 points each.

Manchester is 15-6 overall and 6-4 in HCAC play.

Bluffton 32 33 - 65

Manchester 46 42 - 88

Bluffton -ÊChad Cramer 2-10 0-0 5, Scott Remaklus 1-6 1-2 3, Travis Elsass 5-8 9-10 20, Chris Sheldon 0-3 0-0 0, Ben Coole 4-8 8-10 16, Kevin Grey 0-0 0-0 0, Marcus Bixler 1-3 0-0 2, Rod Overmyer 4-11 6-6 15, Aaron Markley 1-2 0-0 2, Chris Beyer 1-3 0-0 2. Totals -Ê19-54 24-28 65.

Manchester -ÊYul Lee 6-8 3-5 15, Jeremy Neely 3-6 2-2 10, Carson Harris 4-6 2-2 12, Rex Reimer 4-5 0-0 10, Bosko Kalinic 1-1 0-0 2, Nick Chaney 1-2 1-2 3, Chad Matelski 0-1 0-0 0, Marc Patterson 5-9 3-3 13, Travis Haynes 4-8 2-4 11, Doc Nash 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Carver 3-5 0-0 6, Billy Timberlake 0-0 0-0 0, Scot Croner 0-0 0-0 0, Chris Enyeart 3-5 0-2 6. Totals -Ê34-57 13-20 88.

Three-point goals -ÊBluffton 3-20 (Cramer 1-7, Remaklus 0-3, Elsass 1-2, Sheldon 0-1, Overmyer 1-7), Manchester 7-12 (Neely 2-2, Harris 2-4, Reimer 2-3, Matelski 0-1, Haynes 1-1, Nash 0-1). Rebounds -ÊBluffton 24, Manchester 33 (Harris 6). Assists -ÊBluffton 7, Manchester 15. Steals - Bluffton 6, Manchester 4. Fouls - Bluffton 17, Manchester 20. Fouled out -Ênone. Turnovers -ÊBluffton 8, Manchester 10.