News Release

HOLLAND, Mich. — Jim Cash came off the bench to score a team-high 13 points and Drew Yancey added 11 points as the Albion College men’s basketball team was defeated by 11th-ranked Hope College, 94-58, in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association game played at the DeVos Fieldhouse Wednesday night.

Albion trailed 8-6 when Yancey knocked down a jumper four minutes into the game. The Britons had an opportunity to tie the score when they got a stop on the defensive end, but misfired on shot from 3-point range.

Hope scored on its next two possessions – a jumper from Stephen Cramer and a 3-point goal from Derek Van Solkema – to build the margin to seven, 13-6, with 15 minutes left in the first half. Cramer’s jumper gave the Flying Dutchmen a double-digit lead 6 ½ minutes into the contest. Cramer and Jesse Reimink paced Hope with 15 points apiece. Van Solkema added 14.

Cash, who also grabbed six rebounds for Albion, scored on 6-of-11 shots from the field. Yancey was 5-of-6 from the free throw line. Evan Way grabbed a team-high seven rebounds for the Britons.

Albion returns home to face Alma College on Saturday. The action begins with the junior varsity game at 11 a.m., followed by the varsity contest at 3 p.m.

ALBION COLLEGE (2-11; 0-3 MIAA)
Jim Cash 6-11 0-1 13; Drew Yancey 3-7 5-6 11; Andrew Holms 3-10 1-1 7; Evan
Way 3-5 0-0 6; Zak Silas 2-5 1-2 5; Isiah Thomas 2-4 0-0 4; Robbie Clark 1-1
0-0 3; Tom Jurasek 1-3 0-0 3; Drew Hilton 0-2 2-2 2; David Bunn 0-0 2-2 2;
Dean Raven 1-4 0-0 2; Bill Leising 0-4 0-0 0; D.J. Mocini 0-1 0-0 0. Totals
22-57 11-14 58.
HOPE COLLEGE (11-2; 3-0 MIAA)
Jesse Reimink 6-8 1-1 15; Stephen Cramer 7-13 0-0 15; Derek Van Solkema 4-5
2-2 14; Patrick Woolpert 2-3 2-2 7; Scott Richardson 3-5 0-0 6; Brett Jager
2-3 0-0 6; Tyler Wolfe 1-4 3-3 5; Dan Holt 2-2 1-2 5; Marcus Vanderheide 1-4
2-2 4; Zach Osburn 2-2 0-0 4; Tim Partridge 1-2 0-0 3; Steven Kratz 1-1 0-0
3; Scott Glaser 0-0 3-4 3; Tim Dykgraaf 1-1 0-0 2; Ryan Klein 1-5 0-0 2; Dan
Greenan 0-3 0-1 0. Totals 34-61 14-17 94.
ALBION........................   29   29  -   58
Hope College..................   51   43  -   94
3-point goals-ALBION 3-16 (Tom Jurasek 1-2; Robbie Clark 1-1; Jim Cash 1-4;
Isiah Thomas 0-1; Drew Hilton 0-1; Dean Raven 0-1; Bill Leising 0-3; D.J.
Mocini 0-1; Andrew Holms 0-2), Hope College 12-24 (Derek Van Solkema 4-5;
Brett Jager 2-3; Jesse Reimink 2-4; Patrick Woolpert 1-2; Steven Kratz 1-1;
Tim Partridge 1-2; Stephen Cramer 1-2; Ryan Klein 0-1; Marcus Vanderheide
0-2; Tyler Wolfe 0-2). Fouled out--ALBION-None, Hope College-None.
Rebounds-ALBION 30 (Evan Way 7), Hope College 34 (Ryan Klein 5).
Assists-ALBION 8 (D.J. Mocini 3), Hope College 20 (Scott Richardson 5).
Total fouls-ALBION 19, Hope College 17. A-3076