2010-11 Men's Basketball News
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April 04, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio - Defiance College's "Inside the Hive" recaps the 2010-2011 men's basketball season in the most recent episode. All ITH videos can be viewed by going to DC's official YouTube channel.
March 23, 2011
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced its winter honorees for the Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC Team on Wednesday, with Defiance placing seven student-athletes on the list. The seven award winners give DC five more than its 2009 winter total.
March 22, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS – Logan Wolfrum made history during his sophomore campaign on the hardwood with Defiance College and was recently selected by D3hoops.com as a Third-Team All-Midwest Region performer.
March 08, 2011
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced its 2011 All-Sportsmanship Team on Tuesday for the winter seasons. The award is part of the league-wide initiative to promote good sportsmanship.
March 01, 2011
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The HCAC released its 2011 Men’s Basketball All-HCAC squad on Tuesday. Defiance College was represented by sophomore Logan Wolfrum and junior Anthony Brown on the 21-man list, with Wolfrum being named First-Team and Brown taking Honorable Mention status.
February 19, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team ended its 2010-2011 campaign on a high note, scoring an 88-85 victory against Franklin on Saturday behind 31 points and a near triple-double by Logan Wolfrum inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
February 18, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Defiance College men's basketball team will close the 2010-2011 regular season on Saturday, when it hosts Franklin College at 4:00 pm inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center. DC needs a win and a Bluffton loss at Earlham to qualify for the HCAC Tournament.
February 16, 2011
BLUFFTON, Ohio – Defiance scored a thrilling, 66-62, overtime victory at Bluffton on Wednesday night to keep its postseason hopes alive and Logan Wolfrum became the first player in DC’s NCAA Division III era to collect 500 points, 100 assists and 100 rebounds in a single season.
February 12, 2011
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Defiance led by two with 2:51 left to play, but went scoreless down the stretch, missing its last four shots of the game before Mount St. Joe hit a last-second free throw to steal a 56-55 win. DC (6-10 HCAC) is tied for seventh in the conference with two must-win games remaining.
February 09, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College got back in the win column with a 78-50 victory against Earlham on Wednesday night. The win snapped a six-game losing streak and pushed the Jackets back to within a single game of a spot in the HCAC Tournament field with three games to play.
February 09, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Defiance College men's basketball team will host Earlham College on Wednesday night at 7:30 pm inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center. The Yellow Jackets are looking to snap a six-game losing streak and keep their HCAC Tournament hopes alive.
February 07, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Defiance College athletics department is pleased to unveil the offical YouTube channel of Yellow Jacket athletics. The page will host athletic highlights, as well as episodes from the new "Inside the Hive" series.
February 05, 2011
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Less that 48 hours after Kyle Tietje matched a career high with 20 points on Thursday night, Kevin Tietje set a new career of his own with 21 points and notched his fourth double-double of the season with 11 rebounds and one block in a 72-67 setback at Transylvania.
February 03, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Kyle Tietje matched a career high with 20 points on Wednesday, but Defiance turned in its worst shooting performance of the season and suffered a 72-64 loss to Manchester inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
February 03, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Defiance College men's basketball team will look to snap a four-game skid when it hosts Manchester College on Thursday night at 7:30 pm inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
February 01, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Defiance College men's and women's basketball games with Manchester on Wednesday have been postponed due to heavy snow in the area. The games have been rescheduled for Thursday at 7:30 pm with the men still slated to host Manchester and the women set to play in North Manchester, Ind.
January 29, 2011
HANOVER, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s basketball team lost for the fourth-straight time on Saturday, dropping an 80-68 contest at Hanover. The loss knocked DC two full games back of a potential bid into the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament with only six games to play.
January 26, 2011
ANDERSON, Ind. – Defiance College fell, 85-56, at Anderson on Wednesday night for its third setback in as many outings. The loss dropped the Jackets into a tie for seventh place in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference standings with just seven games remaining in the regular season.
January 22, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Rose-Hulman completed its first-ever season sweep over Defiance on Saturday, as the Yellow Jackets could not get on track against the league’s top-rated defensive unit, falling 70-65 to the Engineers inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
January 20, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS – For the second time this season, Defiance College’s Logan Wolfrum has been named to the D3hoops.com National Team of the Week. The honor comes on the heels of Wolfrum also being named the HCAC Player of the Week for the fourth time this season.
January 19, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team suffered through its lowest scoring output of the season and scored only 25 points over the final 25:22 of action in a 57-55 defeat to Bluffton on Wednesday night inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
January 18, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The men’s basketball teams from Defiance College and Bluffton University will hook up for the 185th time in their storied rivalry on the planks when DC welcomes the Beavers to the Karl H. Weaner Community Center on Wednesday at 7:30 pm.
January 18, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Along with hosting Bluffton for a key rivalry showdown on the hardwood Wednesday night, Defiance will also be playing a role to help win a larger battle. DC will be participating in the Suits and Sneakers program in an effort to raise funds and awareness in the ongoing fight against cancer.
January 17, 2011
GREENWOOD, Ind. – For the second-straight week and the fourth time during the 2010-2011 season, Defiance College’s Logan Wolfrum has been selected as the HCAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Wolfrum led the Jackets to a pair of road victories, extending DC’s win streak to four-straight games.
January 15, 2011
FRANKLIN, Ind. – Defiance overcame an eight-point deficit with under three minutes left in regulation to force overtime at Franklin on Saturday, before Logan Wolfrum’s layup with 1.6 seconds left in the extra session sealed the 94-92 victory for the Yellow Jackets.
January 12, 2011
RICHMOND, Ind. – Defiance College picked up its first road victory of the year with a 68-57 triumph at Earlham on Wednesday. The Jackets controlled their first-ever conference meeting with the Quakers, maintaining a double-digit lead over the final 23:25 of action.
January 10, 2011
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has selected Defiance College’s Logan Wolfrum as its Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the third time this season. The sophomore point guard helped the Jackets to conference victories over Transylvania and Mount St. Joseph.
January 08, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Anthony Brown poured in 26 points to help Defiance College score a 92-72 victory over Mount St. Joseph on Saturday. The 92 points matched a season-high for the Jackets, who reached the 90-point barrier for the fifth time in 13 contests this season.
January 05, 2011
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College never trailed on Wednesday night on its way to a crucial, 78-68, victory against Transylvania. The win moved the Jackets to 6-1 inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center and improved the team to 24-3 in its last 27 home contests.
January 02, 2011
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – Logan Wolfrum finished with his second-straight scoring performance of at least 25 points but it was not enough to help Defiance keep pace at Manchester on Sunday. The Jackets suffered their third-straight conference setback with the 88-73 road defeat.
December 30, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance took everything a tenacious Albion College squad could muster in Thursday’s championship game of the 36th-Annual Purple and Gold Tournament, before pulling out the 79-74 victory for DC’s 20th championship in the history of the event.
December 29, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College Yellow Jackets shook off rust from a two-week layoff to move past OSU-Lima, 82-74, on Wednesday night and advance into the championship game of the 36th-Annual Purple and Gold Tournament on Thursday evening at 7:00 pm.
December 23, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team will host OSU-Lima, Albion and MacMurray for the 36th-Annual Purple and Gold Financial Tournament on December 29 and 30 inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
December 15, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College saw three players score at least 13 points on the way to a 67-51 win over Adrian on Wednesday evening. The victory marked DC’s seventh-straight triumph over a non-conference opponent inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
December 11, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College used a 14-4 charge to erase a 10-point deficit in the closing moments of Saturday’s Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference showdown with Hanover but a Panther hoop with five seconds remaining spoiled the comeback and sent DC to the 80-78 defeat.
December 09, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College will be hosting a pair of special promotions on Saturday, when it welcomes Hanover College for a twin-billing on the hardwood. The Jackets and Panthers will square off in a women’s game at 1:00 pm, before the men tip at 3:00 pm inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
December 04, 2010
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Defiance College fell to Rose-Hulman for just the second time in nine Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference meetings between the two programs, as the Jackets failed to get on track against the league’s top-rated defense in the 74-66 defeat.
December 01, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Anthony Brown stroked 10-of-14 shots from the field and poured in a career high 32 points to lead Defiance to a 72-67 triumph over the No. 17 Anderson Ravens on Wednesday night in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference opener for both squads.
November 29, 2010
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has selected Defiance College’s Logan Wolfrum as the league’s Player of the Week for the second time in as many weeks to start the 2010-2011 campaign.
November 24, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS - Just days after being heralded as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference's Player of the Week, Defiance College's Logan Wolfrum was selected as one of five players from around the nation to earn a spot on the D3hoops.com National Team of the Week.
November 23, 2010
ADA, Ohio – Logan Wolfrum netted a career-high 42 points on Tuesday night at Ohio Northern, but it was not enough to lift the Yellow Jackets past ONU, as Defiance fell by a 93-90 margin in the double-overtime thriller.
November 22, 2010
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Logan Wolfrum was named to the Lee Pfund Classic All-Tournament Team and has been selected as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after leading the Jackets to a 2-1 record to open the 2010-2011 season.
November 20, 2010
WHEATON, Ill. – The Yellow Jackets eclipsed the 90-point barrier for the third time in as many games to open the 2010-2011 campaign, en route to scoring a convincing, 92-77, victory over Covenant in the consolation game of the Lee Pfund Classic hosted by Wheaton College.
November 19, 2010
WHEATON, Ill. – Defiance and the Wisconsin-Whitewater hooked up for a classic on the hardwood for the second time in the last three games for the Jackets, dating back to the opening round of the NCAA D-III National Tournament in March. DC pushed the Warhawks to the brink once again, before falling 95-91.
November 15, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team got the 2010-2011 season underway on Monday evening with a 90-76 victory over Kalamazoo inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center. The win pushed DC’s regular season win streak over non-conference foes to 11-straight contests.
November 15, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio - With the 2010-2011 basketball season ready to get started, fans of DC hoops are encouraged to follow the Jackets on the official DC Athletics Facebook and Twitter sites. The pages will be updated with the latest news and scores, so become a fan today to avoid missing any of the action!
November 10, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio - Fresh off of guiding his program to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Championship for its second league title in the past three years and its first NCAA National Tournament bid since 2001, third-year head coach Kyle Brumett will look to steer a younger and revamped but equally gifted roster back to those same heights.
November 10, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Defiance College men's and women's basketball teams hosted the first-ever Jacket Madness on Thursday, November 4 to open the 2010-2011 hoops season. Jim Funderburg and Jim Bellamy of the Yellow Jacket Sports Network took footage of the event and hosted multiple interviews throughout the night. Now fans can catch a recap of the madness.
November 09, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College has announced that it will continue its webcast coverage of the men’s and women’s basketball programs during the upcoming 2010-2011 campaigns. The schedule will include at least 28 contests, spanning every home date and a trio of road contests.
November 05, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – On the verge of opening its 2010-2011 season, the Defiance College basketball team took time to participate in the 20th-Annual Make a Difference Day on October 23 by spending two days in Columbus, Ohio, helping with the Special Olympics State Bowling Tournament.
November 03, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s and women’s basketball teams will participate in a Jacket Madness event on Thursday evening from 9:00 pm until 10:00 pm. The event is open to the public and will be held inside DC’s Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
October 27, 2010
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference unveiled the results of its 2010 HCAC Preseason Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll on Wednesday, with Defiance College being picked to finish sixth in what figures to be a very competitive season in the conference.
October 08, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The start of an exciting new era for DC was ushered in on Friday as 18 shovels officially broke ground on a highly anticipated field house. The ceremony highlighted a busy 2010 Homecoming weekend and signaled the start of the Defiance College Athletic Center project.
September 21, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team recently continued its on-going mission of impacting the surrounding community, by participating in the 13th-Annual Walk with Sunshine in Maumee, Ohio.
August 12, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The DC athletics department is pleased to announce that its record books are now available online. Fans simply need to click on the ‘Record Book’ link in the left column of the website and then select which sport’s records to access.
June 28, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The DC athletic department is pleased to announce that fans can now keep up with the Yellow Jackets on Facebook. The fan page will be updated with the latest news from DefianceAthletics.com. Go to Facebook.com and search for Defiance Athletics to become a fan today!
June 10, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College and head coach Kyle Brumett have announced the hiring of former Yellow Jacket, Nate Conley, as a graduate assistant coach for the men’s basketball program. Conley recently graduated from DC, after completing a four-year career on the planks with the Purple and Gold.
April 15, 2010
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball program will host a trio of camps during the months of June and July. The camps will be geared for boys ranging from age four through those entering their freshman year in the fall.