The Saturday afternoon victory wrapped up a week-long stay in the Denver area which marked the homecoming of Calvin College senior forward Andy Draayer, a graduate of Denver Christian High School.
Draayer put on a good show for his hometown crowd on Saturday, pumping in a game-high 24 points on the strength of five three-point field goals. Calvin connected on 12 of 25 attempts from beyond the three-point arc in the win for a sizzling 48.0 percent three-point clip.
Saturday’s game was in sharp contrast to a Friday night contest against Regis University that saw the Knights connect on just 5 of 16 (.313) three-point attempts in a 64-57 loss.
Draayer was one of three Calvin players to reach double-digits in scoring on Saturday as junior Kyle Snoeyink and freshman Caleb Veldhouse had 13 points apiece. Veldhouse connected on a pair of three-pointers inside the final five minutes of play that helped seal the win.
Senior Kyle Trewhella and junior Eric DeVries added nine points apiece while junior Josh Meckes had four points and a team-high six rebounds.
Colorado Christian (4-7) was paced by freshman Brian Stamer who tallied 23 points and 0 boards while Josh Gallgaher had 12 points and Kellen Lenihan and Peter Bailey 10 points apiece.
“We knew that this game would be a more up-tempo affair than last night’s game with Regis which was very physical and featured a deliberate pace,” said Calvin men’s basketball coach Kevin Vande Streek. “I thought we executed very well down the stretch today, particularly with our clock management.”
Facing contrasting styles on back-to-back nights may also benefit Calvin heading into its MIAA campaign which begins next Wednesday at Tri-State.
“We see several different styles of play in our league so I thought our two games this weekend helped prepare us for that,” said Vande Streek. “We had a very physical game lat night and a more wide-open contest today. We’ll see both styles in our league.”
Calvin’s game at Tri-State Wednesday night is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m
Newspaper Box Score Calvin College vs Colorado Christian 12/31/05 1:00pm at Lakewood,CO At Lakewood,CO CALVIN COLLEGE 85, COLORADO CHRISTIAN 75 CALVIN COLLEGE (7-4) Andy Draayer 7-13 5-6 24; Kyle Snoeyink 5-8 3-8 13; Caleb Veldhouse 4-8 2-2 13; Kyle Trewhella 3-8 0-2 9; Eric DeVries 2-3 5-5 9; Dustin Smith 3-9 0-1 6; Micah Chappell 2-5 0-0 5; Josh Meckes 2-3 0-0 4; Tyler Zoerhof 0-1 2-2 2; Joe Pearcy 0-1 0-0 0; Kevin Prins 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-61 17-26 85. COLORADO CHRISTIAN (4-7) Brian Stamer 9-15 5-6 23; Micah Kohls 5-10 4-4 14; Josh Gallagher 4-7 2-4 12; Peter Bailey 4-8 1-5 10; Kellen Lenihan 4-6 0-0 10; Matt Hanna 1-6 2-3 4; Troy Keith 1-2 0-0 2; T.J. Doyle 0-3 0-0 0; Shaun Porter 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-57 14-22 75. Calvin College................ 44 41 - 85 Colorado Christian............ 38 37 - 75 3-point goals-Calvin College 12-25 (Andy Draayer 5-10; Kyle Trewhella 3-6; Caleb Veldhouse 3-5; Micah Chappell 1-3; Dustin Smith 0-1), Colorado Christian 5-22 (Kellen Lenihan 2-3; Josh Gallagher 2-5; Peter Bailey 1-3; T.J. Doyle 0-2; Matt Hanna 0-5; Micah Kohls 0-1; Brian Stamer 0-3). Fouled out--Calvin College-Kyle Snoeyink, Colorado Christian-None. Rebounds-Calvin College 33 (Josh Meckes 6), Colorado Christian 39 (Brian Stamer 10; Peter Bailey 10). Assists-Calvin College 12 (Kyle Trewhella 4), Colorado Christian 12 (Josh Gallagher 4). Total fouls-Calvin College 18, Colorado Christian 19. A-254