HOLLAND – The 158th meeting between Calvin and Hope in men’s basketball belonged to the home team as the Flying Dutchmen of Hope College handed Calvin a 73-55 defeat the DeVos Fieldhouse. Saturday’s game marked the first-ever meeting between the two rivals as the sparkling new facility.
Calvin continues to hold an 80-78 series lead but Hope has retaken the overall lead in points scored in the series as the Flying Dutchmen now have scored 10,612 points to the 10,605 points of Calvin.
The Hope victory allowed Albion to move into sole possession of first place in the MIAA standings as the Britons are now 4-0 in league play with Calvin and Hope tied for second at 3-1.
Ranked second in the latest D3hoops.com Top-25 poll, Hope (14-1 overall, 3-1 MIAA) overcame an early 6-1 deficit to take a 9-8 lead on a jumper by senior Greg Immink and never trailed again. Hope outscored Calvin 20-10 over the final 10 minutes of the first half to take a 38-22 halftime lead.
The Hope lead stretched to as many as 29 points in the second half before a final 17-5 run by Calvin produced the final 18-point margin of victory for the Flying Dutchmen.
Hope shot 42.6 percent from the field while holding Calvin to 33 percent field goal shooting including just 28.1 percent in the first half. Hope placed three players in double-figures in scoring led by senior center Eric Voisin who tallied 14 points and eight rebounds while sophomore Marcus VanderHeide and junior Stephen Cramer had 12 points apiece. Hope senior Andy Phillips added seven points and a game-high 12 rebounds as Hope held a 45-37 rebounding advantage.
Calvin senior Kyle Trewhella was the only Knight in double-figures with 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting. Freshman Caleb Veldhouse chipped in with nine point.
Newspaper Box Score Calvin College vs Hope College 01/14/06 3:00 pm at DeVos Fieldhouse At DeVos Fieldhouse HOPE COLLEGE 73, CALVIN COLLEGE 55 CALVIN COLLEGE (10-5 (3-1 MIAA)) Kyle Trewhella 8-13 1-3 18; Caleb Veldhouse 3-11 3-3 9; Micah Chappell 2-5 0-0 5; Tim Katt 1-1 3-5 5; Kevin Prins 2-2 0-0 5; Kyle Snoeyink 2-6 1-2 5; Eric DeVries 1-5 0-0 2; Dustin Smith 1-5 0-0 2; Josh Meckes 0-3 2-2 2; Tyler Zoerhof 0-3 2-2 2; Andy Draayer 0-5 0-0 0; Patrick Duff 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 20-60 12-19 55. HOPE COLLEGE (14-1 (3-1 MIAA)) Eric Voisin 5-6 3-3 14; Marcus Vanderheide 5-9 1-2 12; Stephen Cramer 4-9 4-6 12; Andy Phillips 3-11 0-2 7; Jeff Carlson 2-7 0-0 6; Tyler Wolfe 2-3 0-1 6; Greg Immink 2-8 1-2 5; Patrick Woolpert 1-2 2-2 4; Evan Hare 2-3 0-0 4; Jesse Reimink 0-2 2-2 2; Brett Jager 0-0 1-2 1; Dan Holt 0-0 0-0 0; Ryan Klein 0-0 0-0 0; Tim Partridge 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-61 14-22 73. Calvin College................ 22 33 - 55 Hope College.................. 38 35 - 73 3-point goals-Calvin College 3-16 (Micah Chappell 1-3; Kevin Prins 1-1; Kyle Trewhella 1-4; Kyle Snoeyink 0-1; Andy Draayer 0-4; Patrick Duff 0-1; Caleb Veldhouse 0-2), Hope College 7-19 (Jeff Carlson 2-6; Tyler Wolfe 2-2; Eric Voisin 1-1; Andy Phillips 1-2; Marcus Vanderheide 1-1; Jesse Reimink 0-1; Tim Partridge 0-1; Greg Immink 0-3; Stephen Cramer 0-2). Fouled out--Calvin College-None, Hope College-None. Rebounds-Calvin College 37 (Josh Meckes 8), Hope College 45 (Andy Phillips 13). Assists-Calvin College 5 (Josh Meckes 2), Hope College 11 (Eric Voisin 2; Stephen Cramer 2; Andy Phillips 2; Greg Immink 2). Total fouls-Calvin College 18, Hope College 14. A-3491