CKSR (Basketball Teams Split With Kalamazoo)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR JANUARY 17, 2018

Basketball Teams Split With Kalamazoo

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Calvin 72, Kalamazoo 42

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin women's basketball defended home court and remained perfect on the season at home. The Knights picked up a 72-42 victory over Kalamazoo on Wednesday evening. The victory pushes the Knights to 11-6 on the year and sends Kalamazoo to 6-10.
After the first half of the MIAA season, the Maroon and Gold stand in third place at 6-2. Kalamazoo falls into a three-way tie for fifth place at 3-5. No. 2 Hope leads the way at 8-0.
The Knights and Hornets found themselves in a defensive battle in the first quarter. Senior Ali Spayde (Lewis Center, Ohio/Worthington Christian) dominated the first quarter with 10 points in the first quarter. The Knights led 14-12 after the first quarter.
The Maroon and Gold broke open the game in the second quarter, outscoring the Hornets, 20-6. The Knights started the second quarter on a 16-0 run. Junior Becca Richards (Fort Gratiot, Mich./Port Huron Northern) led the way with seven points in the run. The Knights headed into halftime with a 34-18 lead.
Ali Spayde opened the second half with a three-point basket. That basket was the 188th three-point basket for her at Calvin and propelled her past Kelsey Irwin and Kristen McDonald to stand alone atop the career three-point list at Calvin College.
Leading 37-20, the Knights used a 7-0 run to push further away from the Hornets, with points from junior Nicole Meyer (Macomb, Mich./Eisenhower), Becca Richards, Ali Spayde and senior Bre Luurtsema (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian).
Kalamazoo started the fourth quarter on a 5-0 run. Bre Luurtsema broke the streak with three points, the old fashion way. Seven Knights scored in the fourth quarter, including freshman Rebecca Boeve (Grandville, Mich./Covenant Christian), who scored her first point at Calvin. Boeve also recorded a block and steal.
Ali Spayde led all players with 27 points on Wednesday. On Wednesday, she moved up to fifth place on the Calvin all-time scoring list to 1289 points, passing Anna Timmer, Sharon Boeve, and Sarah Ondersma. She also finished the game with a game-high five steals, three assists, and three rebounds.
Bre Luurtsema tallied 16 points and a game-high five assists and six rebounds.
Junior Rachel Warners (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) led Calvin with eight rebounds and two blocks.
Nicole Meyer chipped in six rebounds, while Becca Richards finished with 11 points and four rebounds.
Calvin forced 26 Hornets turnovers on Wednesday and only turned the ball over 12 times.
Sophomore Alexus Thomas (Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Christian Academy) tallied her first rebound and assist at Calvin against Kalamazoo.
The Knights dominated the paint against Kalamazoo, outscoring the Hornets in the paint, 34-12.
The Maroon and Gold return to action on Saturday at Saint Mary's.

MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 1-17-18

Hope 8-0
Trine 7-1
Calvin 6-2
Albion 5-3
Adrian 3-5
Kalamazoo 3-5
Saint Mary's 3-5
Olivet 1-7
Alma 0-8

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Kalamazoo 70, Calvin 69

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Calvin men's basketball team dropped a heartbreaker Wednesday night at Kalamazoo, falling at the buzzer 70-69.

Kalamazoo's Jimmy Paprocki converted a put-back as time ran to give the Hornets the victory.

Calvin (6-10 overall, 2-3 MIAA) led 37-30 at halftime and scored the first four points of the second half to build a 41-30 second half.

Kalamazoo (6-10 overall, 1-4 MIAA) responded with a 17-2 scoring run to take a 47-43 lead with Ben Reiter scoring 15 of the 17 points in the Hornet surge.

Kalamazoo maintained its lead until the final 2:07 of play as sophomore Derrick DeVries (Grand Rapids, Mich./Covenant Christian HS) drained a triple to tie the game at 64 and then converted a pair of free throws to give the Knights a 66-64 advantage with 1:41 remaining.

Reiter responded with a deep triple from the left side of the arc to put the Hornets back up 67-66 and a free throw by Paprocki gave Kalamazoo a 68-66 lead with 39 seconds remaining.

Calvin then fired up three consecutive shots that were off the mark but the Knights were able to snare the offensive rebound on all three shots. Senior Tony Canonie (South Haven, Mich./South Haven HS) was able to corral the third offensive rebound of the series and drove to the basket, coverting a layup while being fouled with 11 seconds remaining.

Canonie swished the free throw to give the Knights a 69-68 lead setting up the final seconds of play.

Kalamazoo moved the ball up the floor on the ensuing possession and missed a contested shot from the left side of the lane with time ticking down. Paprocki was able to snare the miss and tip the ball into the net as time expired to give the Hornets the win.

DeVries led Calvin in scoring with 20 points to go with seven rebounds. Junior Austin Bykerk (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) had 13 points and eight boards while Canonie had 11 points, seven assists and four steals without committing a turnover.

Reiter led all scorers with 28 points as he was 10 of 13 from the floor including 6 of 7 from three-point range. Roger Hood had 14 and Paprocki 12.

Calvin shot 32.9 percent from the floor overall but did connect on 17 of 18 (.944) at the free throw line. The Knights outrebounded Kalamazoo 37-34 but the Hornets shot 51.9 percent from the floor including 52.4 percent (11 of 21) from three-point range.

Calvin will host Albion on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Van Noord Arena.

MIAA MEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS THROUGH 1-17-18

Adrian 4-1
Olivet 4-1
Hope 3-2
Trine 3-2
Calvin 2-3
Alma 2-3
Kalamazoo 1-4
Albion 1-4
Received on Wed Jan 17 23:41:25 2018