CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR JANUARY 20, 2007 (Part One)
Men’s Basketball Holds of Albion/Women’s Basketball Rolls at Kalamazoo
Swim Teams Split With GVSU and Kalamazoo
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Calvin 78, Albion 71
(written by Bruce VanBaren ’09)
Statistics show that Albion’s Zak Silas has big games against Calvin. In his past two games against the Knights, he totaled 35 points and shot 53.8% from the floor. But what today’s statistics showed was that Silas played only 21 minutes.
With 6:13 remaining and the Knights clinging to a two point lead, Tyler Zoerhof (Holland Christian) drew a charge as Silas drove to the hoop. With that, Silas, who had put up 24 points including 6 of 8 three pointers, picked up his fifth foul and was forced to the bench.
“It was a great defensive play by Zoerhoff,” Coach Vande Streek said. “He just stood in and held his ground. He didn’t try to make a great play with a slap at the ball, but instead took it right in the chest and it turned out to be a big play.”
Without Silas, Albion turned the ball over twice and had an easy lay-up blocked in the final minutes as Calvin escaped with a 78- 71 win at home Saturday afternoon.
In the first half, the Knights came out shooting as Caleb Veldhouse (Sioux Fall Christian) and Dustin Smith (Hamilton) drained back to back threes to put the Knights on an early first half run. But Silas showed he could answer in another great effort verse the Knights putting up 13 first half points and hitting 3 of 4 from behind the arc.
Calvin led by as many as nine in the first half after John Mantel (Chelsea) hit back-to-back turnaround jump shots to put Calvin up 16- 7.
But Silas would have help as Andrew Holtz and Jim Cash kept Albion in the game leading the Britons on a 6-0 run to close the gap to 18-17. After back to back Calvin turnovers a Cash tip-in gave Albion its first lead of the afternoon with 7:12 remaining in the first half.
As the lead switched back and forth with less than six minutes to play, Calvin attacked inside feeding Josh Meckes (Saginaw Valley Lutheran), while Silas continued to convert from behind the arc.
Albion shot 37.8% from the field in the first half, connecting on six of 14 three pointers. Calvin shot 40.6% from the field and 4 of 13 from the arc.
Albion’s baseline skip- passes gave its four guard rotation plenty of open looks in the first half, and on its first possession in the second half the Britons executed it perfectly again as D.J. Mocini hit a three from the corner to give Albion its largest lead of the afternoon at seven points.
“It’s really about team defense,” Vande Streek said. “When they baseline drive, we needed to attack that dribbler a little better to make the pass a little longer and to get our hands up a little higher. That allowed our weak side guy a little more time to get all the way out there [to defend the shot].”
Derek Griffin (Muskegon CC) converted back to back three point plays, but Silas, who was cash on two open looks from behind the arc, kept the Britons in front 55-49 early in the second half.
After a Kyle Snoeyink (Calvin Christian) jump shot and a Smith lay-up with less than ten minutes to play, the Britons turned the ball over. Veldhouse came out of the scramble for the lose ball and hit a pull up three to reclaim a 59-57 Knight’s lead.
Things got a little heated when with 7:20 remaining when an Albion player was whistled for a technical foul.
Albion had been leading, but Veldhouse was good on both technical free throws to give the Knights a 64-63 lead. After Silas fouled out, Veldhouse came right down the floor and hit from behind the arc to give Calvin a 70-65 lead with 5:58 remaining. The Knights would never trail again.
Calvin finished 8 of 27 from three point range and shot 36.8%. Calvin turned the ball over only 5 times, 0 times in the second half.
Veldhouse finished with 19 to lead the Knights. Griffin added 16 points and tied Eric De Vries (Unity Christian) for the team high of rebounds with 8. Smith and Meckes finished with 14 and 11 points respectively.
Silas lead the Britons with 24 points, while Andrew Holms was second with 12 points. Albion was 11 of 25 from three point range and shot 37.1% from the field.
The Knights will host Kalamazoo Wednesday night. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.
OTHER MIAA MEN’S BASKETBALL SCORES ON SATURDAY
Olivet 63, Kalamazoo 60
Tri-State 74, Adrian 59
Hope 86, Alma 53
MIAA MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 1-20-07
Hope 6-0
Tri-State 5-1
Adrian 4-2
Calvin 4-2
Albion 2-4
Olivet 2-4
Alma 1-5
Kalamazoo 0-6
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Calvin 85, Kalamazoo 67
(Written by Drew DeVries ’08)
KALAMAZOO - The Knights, ranked eigth in the current D3hoops.com poll and 10th in the ESPN Poll, traveled to Kalamazoo this afternoon to take on the Hornets. Calvin was looking to remain undefeated in the MIAA.
The Knights took off early scoring the first seven points of the game en route to a 17-4 run. But the Hornets were able to hang around and crawl back into the game cutting the lead to seven with just over four minutes left in the half. At halftime, the Knights held a 42-33 advantage and it would be the closest Kalamazoo would get to catching the Knights.
Calvin's bench made the difference in the first half outscoring Kalamazoo's bench 17-5. The Knights also shot over 70 percent from behind the arc thanks to the hot hand of sophomore Kristi Brummel (Byron Center/South Christian) who was a perfect four for four in three point range in the first half.
The second half was more of the same for the Knights; shoot the ball and score. The Knights shot a blistering 57.1 percent from the field while continuing to build on their halftime lead. The buzzer sounded as the Knights ran away with an 87-65 victory.
The victory was an important one as it gave Calvin a two-game lead over Hope in the MIAA standings. Hope (7-2 MIAA) was defeated 82-75 by Albion on Saturday.
Junior Rachael Willett (Rockford/Rockford) came off the bench to provide a career-high 19 points with sophomore Marcia Harris (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian) and senior Lisa Winkle (Grand Rapids/South Christian) each pouring in 16. Winkle also cleaned up the boards collecting a game high 9 rebounds.
The Hornets were led by Kelsea Howell who scored a game high 22 points.
Calvin (15-1 overall, 9-0 MIAA) will next play home to Rochester College on Wednesday night for a 6:00p.m. non-conference game
OTHER MIAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCORES ON SATURDAY
Saint Mary’s 84, Adrian 72
Albion 82, Hope 75
Olivet 56, Tri-State 50
MIAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 1-20-07
Calvin 9-0
Hope 7-2
Albion 5-4
Olivet 5-4
Saint Mary’s 5-4
Alma 3-5
Adrian 2-7
Kalamazoo 2-7
Tri-State 2-7
CALVIN WEEKEND SWIM RESULTS
(A full recap of Calvin’s swimming and diving weekend will be sent out later tonight)
Calvin Women 134, Grand Valley State Women 109
Grand Valley State Men 179, Calvin Men 62
Meet Results at: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mswimdiv/Results06/GVSUResults2.htm
Calvin Women 158, Kalamazoo Women 123
Kalamazoo Men 150, Calvin Men 144
Meet Results at: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mswimdiv/Results06/kzooResults.htm
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
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