The Anderson University men’s basketball team lost to Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference rival Hanover College 69-67 on Wednesday night at O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.

The Ravens scored a season-low 13 points on 17 percent shooting in the second half and trailed 28-13. However, the Ravens responded with a season-high 54 points in the second half on 58 percent shooting, but fell just short of a comeback win.

AU took a 51-48 lead with just over five minutes left, but back-to-back 3-pointers by Hanover gave the guests back and they never relinquished the lead the rest of the way.

Brock Morrison led the Ravens with 19 points and a career-high 19 rebounds, hitting 6-of-18 field goals and all four of his free throws, including three 3-pointers. The senior also had four assists, three steals and a block in 36 minutes.

Andrew Bowman scored a game-high 20 points to go with six rebounds and three assists, making 6-of-10 field goals. Jake Browne added 12 points and seven rebounds on 6-of-7 shooting and HCAC scoring leader Phil Hogan chipped in with 10 points on 3-of-13 field goals.

AU outrebounded Hanover 38-29, including 18-10 on the offensive glass. The Ravens had the advantage in points in the paint (34-26), turnovers (14-16), points off turnovers (17-16), second chance points (21-8), assists (15-13) and steals (10-9).

AU (12-10, 8-7 HCAC) hosts Franklin for Senior Day on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Ravens lead the Grizzlies and Manchester by one game for the sixth and final spot in the post-season tournament with three games remaining.

The Anderson University men’s basketball team nearly blew a 15-point second-half lead, but hung on to defeat Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference foe Bluffton University 70-67 on Saturday at Founders Hall in Bluffton, Ohio.

The victory was the 100th in his career for AU head coach Tom Slyder, who now has an overall record of 100-82 in seven seasons in Anderson.

“I’m just glad to get the win the way it played out,” said Slyder. “I have three guys that have been a big part of a lot of those wins and that’s the result of hard work. They bought into the vision that we set for them.”

Andrew Bowman led the Ravens with 21 points and six rebounds, hitting 5-of-9 field goals and 11-of-12 free throws.

Brock Morrison had 16 points, eight rebounds, three assists, three steals and Phil Hogan added 13 points – all in the first half.

Jason Riley was also in double figures with 12 points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals, hitting 6-of-9 field goals.

“Bowman came up big,” said Slyder. “This is the third game in a row that one of the big three didn’t score and it was a team victory by playing defense.”

AU shot 55 percent from the field, including 64 in the first half when it led 40-25. Bluffton finished at 42 percent shooting, including 33 in the first half.

The Ravens won the battle of the boards 29-25, but the Beavers had a 9-5 edge on the offensive glass.

AU also had the lead in points in the paint (38-34) and steals (9-5) while Bluffton had the advantage in assists (12-11), turnovers (13-15), points off turnovers (18-16) and second chance points (15-6).

AU led by 15 early in the second half, but Bluffton used a 21-11 run to cut the lead to 55-54 with just under 10 minutes left in the game.

Neither team led by more than four points over the final 10 minutes and it was tied at 63 and 65 with three minutes remaining.

AU took the lead for good on a pair of free throws by Bowman, who scored the final seven Raven points in the game. The senior gave the visitors a 70-67 lead with another free throw in the final 10 seconds and blocked a 3-pointer on the previous Bluffton possession.

The Beavers final 3-pointer to tie bounced off the rim, giving the Ravens their fourth straight conference victory.

“We continue to build in the conference and that is three wins in a row on the road,” said Slyder.

AU (12-9, 8-6 HCAC) hosts Hanover on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

The Anderson University men’s basketball team defeated Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference foe Rose-Hulman 60-49 on Wednesday night at Hulbert Arena in Terre Haute.

HCAC Player of the Week Phil Hogan led the Ravens with a game-high 26 points and four rebounds, hitting 10-of-16 shots and all four of his free throws, including a pair of 3-pointers.

Andrew Bowman was also in double figures with 10 points, three rebounds and Jason Riley added nine points and four assists. Jake Browne chipped in with seven points, 10 rebounds. Leading scorer Brock Morrison was held to a season-low three points and six rebounds.

AU shot 48 percent from the field and 10-of-11 from the free throw line. Rose-Hulman finished at 39 percent shooting, including 5-of-6 at the charity stripe. Both teams had four 3-pointers made.

The Ravens had a 30-28 advantage on the boards, but the Engineers had the edge in offensive rebounds (6-3). Rose-Hulman had the lead in points in the paint (30-28), assists (11-8) and steals (7-3) while AU had the advantage in points off turnovers (9-6) and second chance points (7-6).

AU (11-9, 7-6 HCAC) travels to Bluffton on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Anderson University’s Phil Hogan has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week on Monday.

The junior led the Ravens to a pair of victories last week, averaging 20.5 points, three rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals. He had 23 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals against Defiance and added 18 points, two rebounds and two assists vs. Earlham on Saturday.

For the week, he shot 59 percent from the field, 80 percent from 3-point range and 1,000 from the free throw line. Hogan leads the HCAC in scoring this season at 21.2 points per game.

AU (10-9,, 6-6 HCAC) travels to Rose-Hulman on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.