Junior center Brandon Crawford completed a stellar week with 16 points and 15 rebounds. In the Britons' two games this week Crawford has racked up 41 points and 25 rebounds as Albion moved to 17-1 overall and 7-1 in the MIAA. Calvin College is also 7-1 in the league and will travel to Kresge Gymnasium on Wednesday night for a conference showdown. Tip-off will follow the women's game which is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast via the Internet at: http://media.albion.edu .
Senior guard Mike Thomas notched 13 points while Garrett Gibbons added 11. Sophomore guard Zak Silas and senior forward Travis DePree each chipped in 10 points while DePree pulled down nine rebounds.
Albion jumped out to a 10-0 lead and never looked back as the Britons shot a sparkling 57.4 percent from the floor while Olivet connected on 42.9 percent of its field goals.
Jeremy File led the Comets with 16 points and De'Andre Pruitt chipped in 14 points as Olivet fell to 7-12 overall and 1-7 in the MIAA.
ALBION (17-1, 7-1 MIAA) Brandon Crawford 7-10 2-5 16; Mike Thomas 2-9 8-10 13; Garrett Gibbons 4-9 0-0 11; Travis DePree 4-4 2-3 10; Zak Silas 5-6 0-0 10; Evan Way 3-5 0-0 6; Lonny Fulse 1-2 3-4 5; Mike Bailey 1-2 0-0 2; Rick Palmer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-47 15-22 73. OLIVET (7-12, 1-7 MIAA) Jeremy File 5-7 2-4 16; De'Andre Pruitt 6-13 0-1 14; Ronnie Pearson 5-8 1-2 11; Cody Garner 2-3 2-2 8; Steve Johnson 2-6 1-2 5; Derek Kurtz 0-4 5-7 5; Antonio Higginbotham 0-0 2-3 2; De'Andre Clement 1-3 0-0 2; Harold Martin 0-0 0-0 0; Robert Banks 0-1 0-0 0; Greg Ravy 0-3 0-2 0; McKinsey Golfin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-49 13-23 63. Albion........................ 37 36 - 73 Olivet........................ 29 34 - 63 3-point goals-Albion 4-9 (Garrett Gibbons 3-5; Mike Thomas 1-3; Mike Bailey 0-1), Olivet 8-23 (Jeremy File 4-4; De'Andre Pruitt 2-8; Cody Garner 2-3; Derek Kurtz 0-3; De'Andre Clement 0-2; Greg Ravy 0-1; Ronnie Pearson 0-2). Fouled out--Albion-None, Olivet-None. Rebounds-Albion 33 (Brandon Crawford 15), Olivet 22 (Ronnie Pearson 5). Assists-Albion 15 (Lonny Fulse 4; Travis DePree 4), Olivet 11 (De'Andre Pruitt 3). Total fouls-Albion 16, Olivet 19. A-595