Bruins’ Buller Reaches Milestone
GOSHEN – The first win of the season for the Bethany Christian boys basketball team Thursday night was a historic one.
The Bruins provided longtime coach Jim Buller quite the memorable moment with a 54-45 home victory over Howe.
The win was the 365th for Buller, making him the all-time winningest coach in Elkhart County boys basketball history. Buller, now in his 34th season at Bethany Christian, surpasses John Longfellow for career wins. Longfellow posted a 364-163 mark in 23 seasons on the sidelines, 19 at Elkhart and four at Nappanee.
Buller is now 365-355 overall in his coaching career.
Sol Brenneman scored 20 points and Caleb Morris had 13 to pace the Bruins, now 1-3, to the victory.