2020-21 Defiance Men's Basketball News
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Josh Gibson, an eight-year collegiate head-coaching veteran, was named on Wednesday as the head men’s basketball coach at Defiance College. Since 2012, Gibson has served as a head coach at both the NCAA Division II and NAIA levels.
CARMEL, Ind. – For the second consecutive season, Defiance College’s Marell Jordan, a 6-foot-2 junior guard from Chicago, Illinois, and Lafayette (Indiana) Jefferson High School, was named Second Team All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference as the HCAC office announced its 2021 men’s basketball all-conference squads and major award winners on Thursday morning. Jordan also was the lone representative from Defiance on the All-HCAC teams last year after a vote of the conference’s head coaches.
HANOVER, Ind. – Playing its first game since Jan. 30, the Defiance College men's basketball team returned to the court on Wednesday night with a season-ending 101-70 loss to the Hanover College Panthers in the quarterfinal round of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship at Collier Arena. Defiance entered the tournament as the No. 6 seed with Hanover the No. 3 seed.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Both the women’s and men’s basketball teams at Defiance College have completed their 2020-21 regular seasons and are now preparing to compete in their respective Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships. Opening-round tournament play begins this weekend at various campus sites.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – At home on Saturday night, the Defiance College men’s basketball team posted an 87-71 victory over the Anderson University Ravens at the Karl H. Weaner Community Center. Defiance’s win avenges a 78-74 loss to the Ravens in Anderson, Indiana, last night.
ANDERSON, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s basketball team traveled to play Anderson University on Friday night and battled until the end before falling, 78-74, to the Ravens at O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.
FRANKLIN, Ind. – On the road, the Defiance College men’s basketball squad could not recover from an early deficit in an 86-77 loss to the Franklin College Grizzlies inside the Spurlock Center on Saturday night.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – In a home contest against the Franklin College Grizzlies, the Defiance College men’s basketball team lost, 88-65, on Friday evening at the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
BLUFFTON, Ohio – Playing the rival Bluffton University Beavers for the second time in less than 24 hours on Saturday afternoon, but this time inside the Sommer Center, the Defiance College men’s basketball team’s comeback bid again came up short in a 69-60 loss.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – On Friday night, the Defiance College men’s basketball team began its long-awaited 2020-21 season with a 71-64 setback to the rival Bluffton University Beavers at the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Due to rising health concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents and Defiance College have decided to not allow spectators at any athletic events until at least Feb. 15, 2021. The HCAC, which Defiance has been a member of since 2000, will reevaluate this policy next month.
CARMEL, Ind. – Heading into its long-awaited upcoming season, the Defiance College men’s basketball team is picked to finish seventh among the 10 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference squads, according to the 2020-21 HCAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll. The poll was comprised after a vote of the conference’s head coaches and released by the HCAC office on Monday morning.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball program’s in-state non-conference games scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 20 and Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 have been canceled due to coronavirus concerns.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The 2020-21 season opener for the Defiance College men’s basketball team, scheduled for today at 5:30 p.m., has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns. Defiance was slated to play the NCAA Division I Miami University RedHawks in Oxford, Ohio, in a game to be broadcast live on ESPN3. The contest will not be rescheduled.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Despite having a roster that includes no seniors for the second straight season, the Defiance College men’s basketball team heads into the unpredictable, coronavirus-affected 2020-21 campaign with high hopes as sixth-year head coach Scott Cutter returns nine players and welcomes the same number of newcomers. His young, but somewhat experienced 2020-21 squad includes two juniors, eight sophomores and eight freshmen.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Because of rising health concerns related to the spread of COVID-19, Defiance College will not allow fans to attend its home basketball games in December, athletic director Derek Woodley announced on Tuesday.