Bluffton wins third straight with 92-61 drubbing of Manchester
By Ryan Schadewald
Sports information assistant
BLUFFTON — The Bluffton University men’s basketball team rolled off its third straight Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference victory of over 20 points with a convincing 92-61 shellacking of Manchester University on Wednesday.

The Beavers improved to 7-9 overall and 3-6 in the Heartland Conference, while Manchester dropped to 4-12 and 1-8 in the HCAC.

The visitors used three early free throws to go up 5-2 at the 17:30 mark before 14 unanswered points by Bluffton set the tone for the rest of the contest. Freshman Thayne Recker (Arlington) scored four points during the spurt as Bluffton went up 16-5 at the 13:21 mark. The lead mushroomed to 21 (40-19) over the next 10 minutes thanks to the inside work of Will Pope (Somerville/Preble Shawnee) and Dustin Kinn (Alvada/New Riegel), as well as a pair of Josh Johnson (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) triples.