MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- No. 3 Bethel (Ind.) scored eight unanswered points with less than 2:30 left in the game to pull away from No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan University men’s basketball for an 83-75 final score in the Crossroads League Tournament Championship. The Pilots dominated the glass and points in the paint to win the program’s eighth league tournament title.

GAME VITALS

• Crossroads League Tournament Championship
• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 75   |   Bethel - 83
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan  26-7   |   Bethel 29-4
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 5   |   Bethel - No. 3
• Crossroads League Tournament Seed:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 2   |   Bethel - No. 1
• Location:   Gates Gymnasium   |   Bethel College   |   Mishawaka, Indiana
   

STAT TRACKER

• Grant Evans:  18 points, 7-11 FG, 4-6 3FG
• Trevor Waite:  11 points, 4-6 FG, 3-5 3FG
• Lane Mahurin:  14 points, 10 rebounds, 8-9 FT
• Bob Peters:  12 points
• Jacob Johnson:  8 points, 6 rebounds

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• Indiana Wesleyan led 5-2 early in the game but Bethel went on an 8-0 run to lead 10-5. IWU did not lead again.
• There were six ties in the game with the last coming at 62 with 7:56 left in the game.
• Ben Carlson scored with 2:38 remaining to bring Indiana Wesleyan to within one at 72-71. Bethel then went on an 8-0 run to extend their advantage to 80-71 with 28 seconds left in the game.
• The Pilots outrebounded the Wildcats 46-26 and finished with a 46-26 advantage in points in the paint.
• Indiana Wesleyan played in their eighth Crossroads League Tournament championship game and seventh in the last 11 seasons. IWU has played in three consecutive league tournament championships.
  
   

COACH TONAGEL SAYS…

• “We got beat up at every position tonight and it showed up on the boards. We got rebounds in our position but did not get the 50/50 rebounds. Bethel is rolling and playing well right now. They didn’t shoot as well tonight but it didn’t matter with their rebounding.”
   

NEXT TIME OUT

• Indiana Wesleyan heads to the NAIA Division II National Championship on March 8-14 in Point Lookout, Missouri. IWU learns their First Round opponent and when they play when the national office presents the Selection Show at 7 p.m. tomorrow on naianetwork.com.