2008-09 Defiance Men's Basketball News
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance picked up its sixth-straight win over Hanover on Saturday to complete its third-straight season sweep over the Panthers on the hardwood. Jon Miller, who orchestrated the previous two DC sweeps from the Jackets’ bench, could not stop it from happening a third time, as the Jackets pulled out a 50-47 win.
