CKSR (Women's Basketball Holds Off Adrian / Men's Basketball Downs Olivet - Win Streak at Four)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR JANUARY 11, 2017

Women's Basketball Holds Off Adrian;
Men's Basketball Downs Olivet - Win Streak at Four

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Calvin 64, Adrian 58

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin women's basketball team picked up an important MIAA victory on Wednesday night against the Adrian Bulldogs. The 64-58 victory send Calvin to 13-2 on the season and 5-2 in the MIAA. Adrian falls to 7-7 and 3-4 in the MIAA.
The Knights and Bulldogs found themselves in a defensive battle in the first half, with Adrian going into halftime leading, 24-21.
The Calvin offense came alive in the third quarter, outscoring the Bulldogs in the third, 27-16. The Knights would close the final six minutes of the third quarter on a 17-7 run. Junior Ali Spayde (Lewis Center, Ohio/Worthington Christian) had eight points in the Calvin run.
The Bulldogs would not go away and cut the Calvin lead to 57-55 with 3:29 remaining. The Knights would make the plays they needed to make to secure the victory.
Ali Spayde led the Knights with 17 points on Wednesday.
Senior Anna Timmer (Caledonia, Mich./South Christian) had her eighth double-double of the year with 15 points and 15 rebounds, she also finished with a game-high five steals. Junior Bre Luurtsema (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) also tallied 15 points.
The Knights outrebounded the Bulldogs, 38-35.
With her 15 point effort on Wednesday, Timmer boosted her career scoring total to 1,106 points, moving past Pam Wubben and into 12th place on the Calvin career scoring list.
Calvin returns to action on Saturday at Albion.

MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 1-11-17 GAMES

Hope 6-0
Trine 6-0
Calvin 5-2
Albion 4-2
Alma 3-3
Adrian 3-4
Kalamazoo 1-5
Saint Mary's 0-6
Olivet 0-6

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Calvin 87, Olivet 69

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin men's basketball team stretched its win streak to four games and remained unbeaten in league play with an 87-69 victory over Olivet Wednesday night at Van Noord Arena.

Calvin (8-6 overall, 3-0 MIAA) is tied for the league lead with Hope heading into a Saturday afternoon contest at Alma.

Working against Olivet's high pressure defense, Calvin was able to take a 45-35 halftime lead.

The Knights used a 12-4 run to open the second half to build a 57-39 lead. Calvin stretched its lead to as many as 24 points at 70-46 and cruised from that point on for the win.

Calvin shot 52.8 percent from the field and was led in scoring by junior Michael Wilks (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) who pumped in 22 points on 7 of 12 shooting. Wilks was one of four Calvin players to notch double-digits in scoring. Sophomore Austin Bykerk (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) had 11 points including a pair of high-flying dunks. Freshman Tony DeWitte (Grandville, Mich./Calvin Christian HS) had 10 points and senior Michael Welch (Stevensville, Mich./Lakeshore HS) 13 points off the bench. Senior Cam Denney (Norwell, Ind./Bluffton HS) had seven points, 14 rebounds and six assists. Junior Mike Siegel (Fremont, Mich./Fremont HS) added nine points and seven assists while rippling in a pair of three-pointers. Junior Tony Canonie (South Haven, Mich./South Haven HS) had a strong floor game with six assists agaisnt just two turnovers while also grabbing five rebounds.

The Knights turned the ball over 19 times against the Olivet pressure but also came up with 22 assists for their second-highest single-game assist total of the year.

"I'm pretty happy with the win tonight," said Calvin men's basketball coach Kevin Vande Streek. "Wins in the league will be tough to come by. No doubt about it. It was a little different type of game tonight from Olivet with their pressure, zone defense and trapping but I thought our guys responded well. We had a few more turnovers than we normally would like but against a team that presses on defense like Olivet, some turnovers are bound to happen. Overall I thought we did a good job against their defense. Now it's time to move on to the next game."

Calvin held a commanding 44-22 rebounding advantage. The Knights were also 25 of 33 (.758) from the free throw line.

Eric Ewing led Olivet with 22 points and 10 rebounds while Chris Chrzan had 12 points and Aaron Washington 11 points.

Olivet hosted 38 three-point attempts and connected on 10.
Calvin's game on Saturday at Alma is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.

MIAA MEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 1-11-17 GAMES

Calvin 3-0
Hope 3-0
Alma 2-1
Trine 2-1
Albion 1-2
Olivet 1-2
Adrian 0-3
Kalamazoo 0-3
Received on Thu Jan 12 00:06:32 2017