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March 05, 2005
  

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Calvin 71, Aurora 59

Aurora — The Knights of Calvin College advanced to the NCAA Division III Championships Sectional with a 71-59 second round victory over Aurora University at Aurora's Thornton Gymnasium. Calvin becomes just the fifth team to win at AU’s Thornton Gymnasium since the 2000-2001 season. .

Calvin snapped the Spartans 13 game home win streak with a balanced attack in which #### starters scored in double figures.

Aurora took a 37-32 lead to halftime behind a 43 percent shooting from the field and a 10 point performance by LarryWelton. The Knights went on to shoot 43.5percent from the field for the game and out-rebounded Aurora 48-31.

Dan Aultman (Senior) led Calvin with 20 points and 6 rebounds.

Andy Draayer (Junior) scored 17 points and grabbed 4 boards. Joel Hoestra had 9 points, six rebounds and two blocks in the winning effort.

Aurora was led by Larry Welton who had 14 points 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Adam McCoy (Senior) had 11 points and 3 steals, while Drew Gronau added 8points, 7 rebounds and two assists.

Calvin improves its record to 24-6, while Aurora season concludes with a 23-5 overall record. Calvin awaits word tomorrow night from the NCAA Division III National Tournament committee as to where the Sectional round will be played. The sectional is scheduled for March 11 and March 12, 2005.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Calvin College Men vs Aurora University Men
3/5/05 7:00 p.m. at Aurora University Thornton Gymnasium
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VISITORS: Calvin College Men 24-6
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
14 Ricky Shilts........ *  1-5    1-5    2-2    0  4  4   0   5  2  2  0  2  26
32 Kyle Trewhella...... *  1-9    1-6    0-0    1  2  3   3   3  2  3  0  0  25
34 Dan Aultman......... * 10-16   0-0    0-0    1  5  6   2  20  1  3  0  2  27
40 Josh Meckes......... *  2-6    0-0    0-0    2  6  8   1   4  0  0  1  0  23
52 Joel Hoekstra....... *  4-4    1-1    0-0    1  5  6   0   9  3  4  2  0  25
10 Josh Vriesman.......    0-0    0-0    4-5    1  2  3   0   4  1  1  0  0  14
20 Brad Sall...........    0-2    0-2    0-0    3  2  5   3   0  3  1  0  0  24
30 Andy Draayer........    6-14   5-11   0-0    0  4  4   0  17  1  2  0  0  22
42 Brian Roelofs.......    3-6    1-3    2-4    3  1  4   0   9  0  1  0  1  14
   TEAM................                         4  1  5
   Totals..............   27-62   9-28   8-11  16 32 48   9  71 13 17  3  5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-31 41.9%   2nd Half: 14-31 45.2%   Game: 43.5%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  5-14 35.7%   2nd Half:  4-14 28.6%   Game: 32.1%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  1-2  50.0%   2nd Half:  7-9  77.8%   Game: 72.7%    1

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HOME TEAM: Aurora University Men 23-5
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 CARSON, Courtney.... *  3-9    0-2    0-0    2  1  3   4   6  1  3  0  3  28
12 MCCOY, Adam......... *  4-12   2-6    1-1    1  2  3   1  11  1  1  0  3  30
21 WELTON, Larry....... *  5-14   2-4    2-2    0  5  5   0  14  4  1  2  3  34
23 CARTWRIGHT, Jeremy.. *  4-5    0-0    0-1    0  1  1   1   8  1  2  1  0  30
45 GRONAU, Drew........ *  3-13   2-8    0-0    2  5  7   3   8  2  2  0  2  34
04 BURDEN, Aaron.......    4-8    0-1    0-0    0  2  2   3   8  1  1  0  2  11
10 STARK, Brad.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
11 CARSON, Tony........    1-3    0-1    0-0    1  1  2   1   2  0  0  1  0  14
20 GULLICKSON, Erik....    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
30 RAUCH, Jeremy.......    1-1    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   1   2  0  1  0  2  17
52 STARK, Brad.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
   TEAM................                         4  2  6
   Totals..............   25-66   6-23   3-4   10 21 31  14  59 10 11  4 15 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-37 43.2%   2nd Half:  9-29 31.0%   Game: 37.9%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  5-12 41.7%   2nd Half:  1-11  9.1%   Game: 26.1%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  0-0   0.0%   2nd Half:  3-4  75.0%   Game: 75.0%    0

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Officials: Merlin Nice, Greg Langsford, Alfred Smith
Technical fouls: Calvin College Men-None. Aurora University Men-None.
Attendance: 1400
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Calvin College Men............   32   39  -   71
Aurora University Men.........   37   22  -   59
2005 NCAA Division III Championships second round


News release submitted by Aurora on Mar 05, 2005 at 11:06 PM
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