The Bluffton University men’s basketball hit the road on Wednesday, Feb. 6, and they defeated the Manchester University Spartans, 65-52, in a Heartland Conference battle.
The Beavers improved to 10-12 and 6-9 in HCAC play, while the Spartans dropped to 4-18 and 1-14 in HCAC play. Bluffton's win was crucial as it pulled the Beavers into a tie with Mount St. Joseph for the sixth and final spot in the upcoming HCAC tournament.
The Beavers also moved a game ahead of Anderson after the Ravens fell at Hanover.
Bluffton welcomed Manchester University to the Sommer Center on Wednesday, Feb. 6, looking to improve their record to 11-11 on the season.
Strong performances from Lauren Hutton (New Riegel), Brenna Kurilec (Mt. Gilead/Gilead Christian) and Taylor Knight (Perrysburg) helped the home team do just that as Bluffton pulled away late to beat the Spartans, 57-49.
The victory helped Bluffton (6-9 HCAC) pull within a game of both Manchester and Rose-Hulman for the fifth and sixth slots in the upcoming HCAC tournament.
Paul Baransy will conduct Bluffton University’s Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band in the annual winter instrumental concert, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The concert is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken during intermission for music scholarships.
Film, food and entertainment are planned for Global Weekend at Bluffton University on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15 and 16.
The weekend will begin Friday with a 7:30 p.m. screening of the 2002 film “Whale Rider” in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
The Commons in Marbeck Center will host Saturday’s events. An ethnic meal will be served from 5-6 p.m. and an international variety and fashion show will follow at 6:30 p.m. A piñata will be available for children before the show, at 6:15 p.m.
At one time, numbers scared him, admits Murli Buluswar, who struggled with math in the regimented learning environment of junior high and high school.
But he overcame that fear “one brick at a time,” he said Feb. 5 at Bluffton University, en route to a bachelor’s degree in economics from Bluffton, a master’s degree in economics and statistics from Auburn University and now, the position of chief science officer for AIG Property Casualty.
The Bluffton University men's and women's track and field teams traveled to the campus of Ohio Northern this weekend to compete in the Joe Banks Invitational. Among the competing teams were conference opponents Defiance and the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology.
With the Heartland Conference championships just two weeks away, the Beavers are continuing to improve throughout the season with an abundance of personal bests.
