Senior guard Tony Bollier made two free throws with 5:17 remaining in the first half to pull the Thunder within one point at 26-25. Hope finished the half on a 17-5 run, though, and led 43-30 at the half. Hope led by as much as 30 points in the second half as the Flying Dutch continued their undefeated season.
Senior Jordan Kemper recorded a "double-double" with 12 points and 11 rebounds. He was 4-for-5 from the line and 4-for-4 from the charity stripe. Junior Johnnie Standard led Wheaton with 13 points on 5-for-8 shooting and 2-for-2 from the free throw line. Sophomore John Mohan and Bollier each added nine points.
Four Flying Dutchman scored in double-figures. Marcus Vanderheide led all scorers with 18 points. Jeff Carlson added 12 points, and Stephen Cramer and Jesse Reimink both scored 10 points.
Wheaton was 26-for-50 from the floor for 52%, 4-for-9 from three-point range and 11-for-15 from the line. Hope made 36-of-67 shots from the floor, made 11-of-26 three pointers and 10-of-18 free throw attempts. Wheaton out rebounded Hope 35-27, but turned the ball over 26 times, to just 11 for Hope. Those turnovers led to 32 points for Hope.
Newspaper Box Score WHEATON vs Hope College 12-02-05 8:00 at Hope College, DeVos Fieldhouse At Hope College, DeVos Fieldhouse HOPE COLLEGE 93, WHEATON 67 WHEATON (2-2) Standard, Johnnie 5-8 2-2 13; Kemper, Jordan 4-5 4-4 12; Mohan, John 4-6 0-0 9; Bollier, Tony 3-8 2-2 9; Denham, Phill 2-9 3-3 7; Wiele, Andy 3-5 0-0 6; Noell, Dave 2-2 0-0 5; Fiddler, Michael 2-4 0-1 4; McKay, Jeff 1-2 0-0 2; Sovocool, Tom 0-1 0-3 0; McAlpine, David 0-0 0-0 0; Berntsen, Jeremy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-50 11-15 67. HOPE COLLEGE (5-0) Marcus Vanderheide 8-10 0-0 18; Jeff Carlson 4-6 1-3 12; Jesse Reimink 4-8 1-2 10; Stephen Cramer 4-11 1-2 10; Eric Voisin 3-3 2-4 9; Andy Phillips 3-10 1-1 8; Tyler Wolfe 2-4 0-0 5; Ryan Klein 2-2 0-0 5; Greg Immink 2-5 0-0 4; Brett Jager 0-0 3-4 3; Dan Holt 1-1 0-0 2; Evan Hare 1-2 0-0 2; Tom Partridge 1-3 0-0 2; Patrick Woolpert 1-1 0-0 2; Scott Richardson 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 36-67 10-18 93. WHEATON....................... 30 37 - 67 Hope College.................. 43 50 - 93 3-point goals-WHEATON 4-9 (Mohan, John 1-1; Noell, Dave 1-1; Standard, Johnnie 1-3; Bollier, Tony 1-3; Wiele, Andy 0-1), Hope College 11-26 (Jeff Carlson 3-5; Marcus Vanderheide 2-2; Eric Voisin 1-1; Stephen Cramer 1-5; Jesse Reimink 1-2; Ryan Klein 1-1; Andy Phillips 1-2; Tyler Wolfe 1-3; Tom Partridge 0-2; Greg Immink 0-3). Fouled out--WHEATON-None, Hope College-None. Rebounds-WHEATON 35 (Kemper, Jordan 11), Hope College 27 (Andy Phillips 6). Assists-WHEATON 6 (Berntsen, Jeremy 3), Hope College 19 (Greg Immink 5). Total fouls-WHEATON 18, Hope College 16. A-3010