February 22, 2001
PAIRINGS SET FOR MIAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS
The pairings for the MIAA Tournament semifinals are set after three
first round games Wednesday night.
Second-seeded Hope (16-9) will face sixth-seeded Adrian (13-12) in the
first semifinal game Friday night at the Fieldhouse. The Hope/Adrian
game will begin at 6:00 pm. Top-seeded Calvin (20-4) will meet
fourth-seeded Olivet (12-11) in the second semifinal Friday night. The
Calvin/Olivet game will begin 20 minutes after the completion of the
first semifinal.
Friday's winners will meet in the MIAA Tournament Championship game
Saturday night at 7:30 pm at the Fieldhouse.
Hope advanced to the MIAA Tournament semifinals with an 84-70 first
round win over Alma Wednesday evening. Adrian advanced with a 73-71
upset in overtime at third-seeded Albion Wednesday. It marked just the
fourth time in MIAA history that a host school was defeated in the first
round. Olivet advanced to Friday's semifinals with a 95-81 win over
Kalamazoo. Olivet will be making its first-ever trip to the MIAA
Tournament semifinals.
Friday's game between Calvin and Olivet will mark the fourth time that
the two schools have met in the MIAA Tournament in men's basketball.
Tubergen named to Verizon Academic All-District IV Second Team
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Calvin College senior Josh Tubergen has been named to
the Verizon Academic All-District IV men's basketball second team in the
college division. The college division of the Verizon Academic
All-America program includes NCAA II, NCAA III and NAIA schools. The
Verizon Academic All-District and All-America teams are selected by the
College Sports Information Director's Association of America (CoSIDA).
To be eligible for nomination, a player must be a starter or a key
reserve with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20.
A native of Zeeland and a graduate of Holland Christian High School,
Tubergen is receiving Verizon Academic All-District honors for the first
time in his career.
A 6-7 center, Tubergen is averaging 9.9 points and 6.3 rebounds a game
to rank third on the Calvin men's basketball team in both categories.
He also leads the Knights in blocked shots with 38 blocks for an average
of 1.7 blocks-per-game. Since moving into the starting lineup on January
20 in a 95-85 win over Hope, Tubergen has averaged 15.0 points and 8.0
rebounds a game while connecting on just under 60 percent of his field
goal attempts. During that nine-game span, he has notched a pair of
double-double performances as he had 14 points and 10 rebounds in a
115-88 win over Olivet January 27 and came back with a career-high 23
points and 10 rebounds in a 118-81 win over Orchard Lake St. Mary's
February 3. In league games, Tubergen finished tied for ninth in scoring
average (12.2); third in field goal percentage (.541); fourth in rebound
average (7.4) and second in blocked shots (21).
A secondary education major with an emphasis in chemistry and biology,
Tubergen carries a 3.83 grade point average. Tubergen is a seven-time
member of the Calvin Dean's List and a three-time member of the MIAA
Academic Honor Roll. He is currently student teaching at Calvin
Christian High School.
Tubergen will don his Calvin uniform again Friday night when the Knights
face Olivet in the MIAA Tournament semifinals at 8:00 pm at the Calvin
Fieldhouse. Calvin is 20-4 overall and ranked ninth nationally and
fourth in the Great Lakes Region. The Knights are the defending MIAA
Tournament champions. Calvin recently captured its third consecutive
MIAA regular season title and 25th overall league crown as the Knights
finished 10-2 in the MIAA regular season, two games ahead of second
place Hope.
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