The Knights had an early 6-0 run, leading 12-6 with only four minutes played. Calvin led by as much as nine points when freshman Caleb Veldhouse nailed a three-point shot. Calvin kept the lead through the next four minutes as Andy Draayer made three three-pointers within those four minutes of play. Calvin led 32-24. However, Whitworth (1-1) took the lead with just under two minutes left in the second half with a jumper by Lance Pecht. Veldhouse tied the game and then gave Calvin a 38-37 lead with two made free-throw shots. A lay-up by senior Kyle Trewhella brought the Knights up 40-37, but Whitworth’s George Tucker sank two consecutive shots to give Whitworth a 41-40 lead at the end of the half.
Calvin was held at 40 in the second half while Whitworth went on a 7-0 run, including two three-pointers by Jon Young. Draayer broke the run with his fourth three-point shot of the game. Young answered in swift fashion with another three, 51-43 Whitworth. A jumper and two made free throws by Trewhella brought the Knights within six and down 49-55. Trewhella made a three-pointer and Draayer sunk one more three and a jumper, tying up the game 59-59. He then gave the Knights a two-point lead with two made free-throws. Tucker tied the game again, 61-61 with two made free-throws of his own. Calvin then went on an 11-3 run as Trewhella extended Calvin’s lead to eight, 72-64 with two made free-throws. Tucker made a free-throw, bringing Whitworth within seven points. However, Calvin 10-2 run, with all of the Knights 10 points coming from free-throws, including six from Draayer, two each from junior Josh Meckes and freshman Dustin Smith. Calvin ended the half with a 15 point lead, defeating Whitworth 82-67.
Calvin was 24-24 at the line this afternoon, setting a new single-game free-throw percentage record. Eight of those free-throws came from the hands of Draayer.
With the win, Calvin’s Head Coach Kevin VandeStreek moves past the late Barney Steen and into second place on Calvin’s all-time list for coaching victories. Vande Streek is now 189-66 in 10 years as Calvin’s coach for a winning percentage of .741.
Leading the Knights in scoring was Trewhella with 25 points, followed by Draayer who had 22 points and 8 rebounds, Meckes with 10 points and 9 rebounds, Veldhouse with 9 points, junior Kyle Snoeyink with 8 points and 4 rebounds, and Smith with 6 points and 4 rebounds.
Whitworth’s Young scored 15 points, Bryan Williams scored 14 points, Pecht had 13 points and 5 rebounds, and Tucker had 12 points.
Grace Bible College defeated Wisconsin-Lutheran 85-81 in the Consolation game of the Tip-Off Tournament hosted this weekend by Calvin College.
Leading scorers for Grace Bible were Kenny VanRyn with 24 points, Jimmy Booth with 19 points and 13 rebounds, Tom VanderWal with 15 points, and Travis Chase with 11 points.
For Wisconsin-Lutheran Lewis Jiles lead with 25 points while Brian Hagel had 12 points and 6 rebounds and Drew Dunlop scored 10 points.
Calvin’s Trewhella was named tournament MVP for the second straight year. The All-Tournament team also included Meckes, Wisconsin Lutheran’s Lewis Giles, Whitworth’s Williams, and Kenny VanRuyn from Grace Bible.
Newspaper Box Score Whitworth College (WA) vs Calvin College 11/18/05 3:15pm at Calvin Fieldhouse At Calvin Fieldhouse CALVIN COLLEGE 82, WHITWORTH COLLEGE (WA) 67 WHITWORTH COLLEGE (WA) (1-1) Young, Jon 5-10 0-0 15; Williams, Bryan 6-12 0-0 14; Pecht, Lance 6-14 1-2 13; Tucker, George 4-8 3-4 12; Hasenfus, Kevin 2-3 0-0 4; Fletcher, Mat 2-5 0-0 4; Jurich, Calvin 1-3 1-2 3; Jones, James 1-3 0-0 2; McClinon, Antonio 0-1 0-0 0; Jones, J.J. 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-59 5-8 67. CALVIN COLLEGE (2-0) Kyle Trewhella 8-13 4-4 25; Andy Draayer 5-10 8-8 22; Josh Meckes 3-6 4-4 10; Caleb Veldhouse 2-7 4-4 9; Kyle Snoeyink 3-4 2-2 8; Dustin Smith 2-3 2-2 6; Kevin Prins 1-1 0-0 2; Eric DeVries 0-0 0-0 0; Joe Pearcy 0-0 0-0 0; Tyler Zoerhof 0-0 0-0 0; Micah Chappell 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-45 24-24 82. Whitworth College (WA)........ 41 26 - 67 Calvin College................ 40 42 - 82 3-point goals-Whitworth College (WA) 8-26 (Young, Jon 5-10; Williams, Bryan 2-6; Tucker, George 1-2; Fletcher, Mat 0-2; McClinon, Antonio 0-1; Pecht, Lance 0-5), Calvin College 10-18 (Kyle Trewhella 5-6; Andy Draayer 4-8; Caleb Veldhouse 1-4). Fouled out--Whitworth College (WA)-None, Calvin College-None. Rebounds-Whitworth College (WA) 20 (Pecht, Lance 5), Calvin College 33 (Josh Meckes 9). Assists-Whitworth College (WA) 14 (Pecht, Lance 4), Calvin College 17 (Caleb Veldhouse 4). Total fouls-Whitworth College (WA) 18, Calvin College 12. A-672 Kyle Trewhella(Calvin) MVP, Josh Meckes (Calvin), Lewis Giles (WILutheran), Brian Williams (Whitworth), Kenny VanRuyn (Grace Bible). Calvin sets new single-game free-throw% record. Kevin VandeStreek moves into 2nd place on Calvin list for coaching victories