Men's Basketball Ends 2023 With a Big Win Over Bethany
Hastings, NE – The Hastings College men’s basketball team finished up the 2023 year with a solid 80-55 victory over Bethany on Saturday afternoon inside Lynn Farrell Arena.
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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31 | 24 | 55 |
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43 | 37 | 80 |
Team Stats
Bethany (KS)
| Game Statistics | Bethany (KS) | Hastings |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (20-55) | (30-55) |
| Field Goal % | 36.4% | 54.5% |
| Rebounds | 24 | 40 |
| Assists | 9 | 21 |
| Turnovers | 10 | 14 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 16 | 6 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 0 | 6 |
| Pts in the Paint | 16 | 32 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 0 | 0 |
| Bench Pts | 31 | 32 |
Hastings, NE – The Hastings College men's basketball team finished up the 2023 year with a solid 80-55 victory over Bethany on Saturday afternoon inside Lynn Farrell Arena.
The Swedes came out with some pressure defense that gave the Broncos some fits early and allowed Bethany to stick around for a good portion of the first half.
Hastings held onto a slim 27-26 lead when Reggie Thomas buried back-to-back jumpers to make it 31-26 with 6:00 to go in the first half. After the teams traded buckets, Ben Boudreau drained a three as Hastings had its largest lead up to this point at eight with 4:27 left in the first half. Then Thomas worked his way into the lane getting the layup plus the harm to make it 39-28 with 3:50 to go in the first half.
The Broncos rode that momentum into halftime with a 43-31 lead. Hastings was shooting 57 percent (16-for-28) in the first half while the Swedes shot 44.8 percent (13-for-29). Danilo Matovic led the way in the first half with 10 points on a perfect 5-for-5 shooting.
Bethany tried to hang on for a little while in the second half but then the lead began to stretch for the Broncos as Tyrique McMurrin hit a layup followed by a three from Quinn Johnson as Hastings now led 58-39 with 12:12 to go. The lead grew to as many as 25 as the Broncos would win by that amount 80-55.
Hastings was led by Matovic's double-double as he scored a game high 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and also pulled down 11 boards. Thomas also finished with a double-double scoring 11 points, pulled down 11 boards and dished out six assists. Johnson had 15 points off the bench as he was 5-for-6 from behind the arc. McMurrin was the other Bronco in double figures in scoring with 14 as he was 6-fopr-9 from the floor.
Hastings finished the game shooting 54.5 percent (30-for-55) while the Swedes cooled off to just 36.4 percent (20-for-55) as Bethany was just 7-for-26 in the second half. The Broncos were hot from behind the arc hitting 52.9 percent (11-for-17) while the Swedes were just 27.3 percent (6-of-22).
Points in the paint heavily favored Hastings 32-to-16 and Hastings also out rebounded BC 40-to-24.
Hastings improves to 11-3 (6-0) on the year and will be back in action Saturday Jan. 6 as Morningside comes to town with tipoff set for 3:45 pm inside Lynn Farrell Arena.
