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March 26, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball program announced on Thursday that it will host three camps in the summer months of June and July. The clinics will be geared for boys ranging from age 4 all the way up through those entering their sophomore year this fall.
March 23, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The National Association of Basketball Coaches is the latest to recognize Defiance College’s Anthony Pettaway for his outstanding 2008-2009 campaign, after recently naming the senior center to its Second-Team All-Midwest District Team.
March 19, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College’s Anthony Pettaway was recently named as a Third-Team All-Midwest Region selection as announced by D3Hoops.com. The award was the second year in a row that Pettaway has been named all-region by the website.
March 04, 2009
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Defiance College’s Anthony Pettaway has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Month for February, after leading the Jackets to a third-place finish in the league standings and their third-straight appearance in the HCAC Semifinals.
March 03, 2009
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s basketball team topped the 17-win plateau for the third-straight season, while also reaching the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals for the third year in a row and has placed four players on the All-HCAC Team.
March 02, 2009
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Anthony Pettaway led Defiance College to its third-straight trip into the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals and was one of seven players selected to the HCAC All-Tournament Team.
February 27, 2009
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Defiance failed to hit a shot from the floor over the final four minutes and saw Franklin capitalize with a 12-3 run to finish the game and pull out the 73-67 win over the Jackets in the HCAC Semifinal matchup.
February 26, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Just two days removed from electrifying the Karl H. Weaner Center crowd with a win at the horn to move past Hanover, 69-68, the DC men’s basketball team is hoping to ride that wave of momentum into the final weekend of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.
February 24, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Anthony Pettaway buried the game-winning shot on the left wing from 20 feet out as time expired, to lift Defiance to a thrilling, 69-68, win over the sixth-seeded Hanover Panthers on Tuesday night.
February 23, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team will be looking for its seventh-straight win against Hanover, while taking one step closer to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2001 when it hosts the Panthers on Tuesday at 7:30 pm in an HCAC Quarterfinal contest.
February 23, 2009
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Nick Sales closed out his regular season in style, by logging a pair of double-double performances and netting 23.0 points and 14.0 rebounds a night, on his way to being named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference player of the week.
February 21, 2009
FRANKLIN, Ind. – Just three days after having its own chance at the HCAC regular season championship taken away with a loss, Defiance ruined Franklin’s hopes of an outright title by handing the Grizzlies a 92-89 defeat.
February 18, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Josh Eichar’s layup with four seconds remaining gave Bluffton a two-point lead and Mike Floyd’s desperation three-point heave at the horn missed its mark, leaving Defiance with a disappointing, 59-57, loss to the Beavers on Senior Night.
February 17, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – When Defiance hosts Bluffton on Wednesday night it will mark the 182nd meeting on the planks between the two programs. As has been the case so often in the past, Wednesday’s game will have major implications for each squad as they make their final push for postseason positioning.
February 16, 2009
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Anthony Pettaway turned in two more 20-point performances to lead Defiance to a pair of crucial Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference victories and has been selected as the league’s player of the week.
February 14, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Anthony Pettaway continued to recent string of dominance in the paint with a 20-point, nine-rebound, two-block performance on Saturday, as the Yellow Jackets moved to 11-3 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference with a 78-67 win over Rose-Hulman.
February 11, 2009
CINCINNATI, Ohio – An old-fashioned three-point play from Nick Sales with 27 ticks left on the clock completed yet another second-half comeback for the Defiance College men’s basketball team and sent the Jackets to a 68-64 road victory at Mount St. Joseph.
February 07, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance held off a scrappy Anderson squad for 64-59 victory to remain one game back in the HCAC title hunt. The Jackets weathered several late runs by the Ravens to clinch a spot in the upcoming Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.
February 04, 2009
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Defiance’s hopes of defending the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference crown took a major hit on Wednesday, as a 53-48 defeat at Transylvania dropped the Jackets two full games out of the HCAC lead with only five games to play.
February 02, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s and women’s basketball teams will be joining up with the NCAA to host the Take a Kid to the Game promotion on Saturday, Feb. 7th. DC will be hosting Anderson in a key conference doubleheader, with the women tipping at 1:00 pm and men set to follow at 3:00 pm.
January 31, 2009
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – Anthony Pettaway poured in 15 points to help fuel Defiance’s 82-69 win over Manchester on Saturday and became the 19th player in DC history to eclipse the 1,300-point plateau for a career.
January 24, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance picked up its sixth-straight win over Hanover on Saturday to complete its third-straight season sweep over the Panthers. Jon Miller, who orchestrated the previous two sweeps from the Jackets’ bench, could not stop it from happening a third time, as the Jackets pulled out a 50-47 win.
January 22, 2009
Defiance College Alumni Varsity D will present its annual Coach of the Year and Honorary Letterman awards during events on Jan. 24 and Feb. 7.
January 21, 2009
BLUFFTON, Ohio – Mike Floyd sank two of his game-high 24 points from the charity stripe to lift DC to its first lead of the second half with just 15 seconds remaining, before a steal and score from Nick Sales at the horn sealed the stirring comeback and gave the Jackets a 71-68 win at Bluffton.
January 17, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Saturday presented Defiance with one of its biggest games of the 2008-2009 campaign and the Jackets responded by bouncing Franklin, 80-65, to climb back atop the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference at the season’s midway point.
January 15, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio - Saturday's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against Franklin will start one hour later than the traditional weekend start time. The action will begin at 2:00 pm with the Lady Jackets (2-5 HCAC) taking on FC (4-2 HCAC) and will be followed by DC's men (4-2 HCAC) taking on the Grizzlies (5-1 HCAC) at 4:00 pm.
January 14, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College held Mount St. Joseph to just 26 second-half points and pulled away for the 71-62 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference victory on Wednesday night. The win moves the Jackets to 4-2 in league play and into a three-way tie for second.
January 10, 2009
ANDERSON, Ind. – In a key conference clash between two of the top teams in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, Defiance was its own worst enemy. The Jackets turned the ball over 17 times, which led to 22 points for Anderson in the 75-68 win for the Ravens.
January 07, 2009
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s basketball team used one of its best defensive performances of the season and rode the post tandem of Anthony Pettaway and Nick Sales to a 69-58 victory at Rose-Hulman on Wednesday.
January 03, 2009
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Anthony Pettaway became the 23rd player in DC history to crack the 1,200-point barrier for a career and led the Jackets with 18 points on Saturday but it was not enough to hold off a determined Transylvania squad, as DC suffered an 81-79 defeat to the Pioneers.
December 30, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team upped its all-time record in the Purple and Gold Tournament to 52-16 and notched a victory in the event for the 34th-straight year by handling Geneva, 93-79, on Tuesday evening.
December 29, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The 34th-Annual Purple and Gold Financial Tournament got off to a rocky start for Defiance on Monday night, as the Yellow Jackets failed to slow a hot-shooting Rockford squad en route to a 95-89 loss.
December 23, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team will host the 34th-Annual Purple and Gold Financial Tournament on Dec. 29 and 30. DC will welcome Calvin College, Geneva College and Rockford College to round out the competitive four-team field.
December 18, 2008
DELAWARE, Ohio – Defiance closed a key non-conference clash at Ohio Wesleyan on a 15-0 run to earn an 80-65 victory over the Bishops and extend its win streak to five wins in a row.
December 16, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance used a 44-point effort in the second half to blow open its non-conference affair against Kalamazoo on Tuesday night. DC never trailed in the game and outscored the Hornets by 19 points after the break to secure the 81-55 victory.
December 15, 2008
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Defiance College point guard, Mike Floyd, set a new Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference single-game record with 15 assists in Saturday’s 86-72 win over Manchester and has been named the HCAC Player of the Week.
December 13, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team played on its home court for the first time this season and clicked on all cylinders from the opening tip. The Jackets led by as many as 25 midway through the second half, before settling for an 86-72 win over Manchester on Saturday.
December 06, 2008
HANOVER, Ind. – After opening the 2008-2009 season with five non-conference affairs, the Defiance College men’s basketball team got its first taste of conference play on Saturday and rolled to a 103-78 victory at Hanover.
December 01, 2008
GREENCASTLE, Ind. – Anthony Pettaway led Defiance to a third-place showing in the Mike Rokicki Community Versus Cancer Challenge and has been named to the All-Tournament Team. Pettaway was one of five players honored from the two-day event.
November 30, 2008
GREENCASTLE, Ind. – Defiance took the court on Sunday missing three of its top guards but never trailed in an 83-68 victory over Earlham. The victory gave the Yellow Jackets a third-place showing in the 2008 Mike Rokicki Community Versus Cancer Challenge.
November 29, 2008
GREENCASTLE, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s basketball team battled an unbeaten Ohio Northern squad to the horn, before settling for a 70-67 defeat to the Polar Bears in the second game of the Mike Rokick Community Versus Cancer Challenge hosted by DePauw.
November 25, 2008
TIFFIN, Ohio – The Jackets saw four players reach double figures in the scoring column but got beat on the glass and suffered a 92-78 road defeat on Tuesday night, after allowing Heidelberg to hit over 50 percent of its shots from the field.
November 22, 2008
ALBION, Mich. – Defiance College trailed by one point with under six minutes to play on Saturday, before closing the game on a 13-1 surge to take the 78-67 win over Madonna in the second contest of the Albion College Tip-Off Tournament.
November 21, 2008
ALBION, Mich. – The 2008-2009 season got underway on Friday evening for the men’s basketball team. The Jackets headed north to compete in the Albion College Tip-Off Tournament and fell, 82-65, to the host Albion squad in the opening game.
November 13, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Anthony Pettaway’s list of preseason accolades added another on Thursday, with D3hoops.com naming the six-foot, eight-inch center to its Preseason All-America Team. Pettaway was also recently heralded as a Preseason All-American by D-III News and SmallCollegeHoops.com.
November 10, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team recently received votes in the first edition of the 2008-09 D3Hoops.com poll. The Yellow Jackets did not crack the top 25 but did receive 12 votes in the preseason ranking.
November 04, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team recently spent two days in the Columbus area, joining forces with DC alumni and students to help with the school’s second-annual trip to Columbus for the Make A Difference Day.
November 04, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – For the second time in as many seasons, Defiance College center, Anthony Pettaway, has been heralded as a Preseason All-American by a national media outlet. D-III News and SmallCollegeHoops.com named Pettaway as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the Year and lauded the senior as an Honorable Mention All-American.
October 30, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Fans of the Yellow Jackets will get their first chance to see the men’s basketball team in action, while also helping support the United Way, when DC hosts its Purple and Gold scrimmage on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 3:00 pm.
October 29, 2008
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s basketball team has been tabbed as the preseason favorite to win its second-straight HCAC regular season title, as announced by the HCAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll on Wednesday. Defiance was the only team to pick up more than two first-place votes.
August 28, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College Athletic Media Relations Department, in partnership with Streamline Technologies, officially launched a brand new athletic website on Thursday. DefianceAthletics.com will be the new home for DC’s 18 varsity athletic programs and will provide the Yellow Jacket teams with more extensive coverage than ever before.
August 06, 2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Work has begun on an extensive three-week process to renovate Defiance College’s Karl H. Weaner Community Center. The project will include new scoreboards, new pads and athletic banners and a fresh coat of paint on the walls of the facility.
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