Women’s basketball team suffers 70-55 defeat at Calvin

The Olivet College women’s basketball team suffered a 70-55 defeat to Calvin College this afternoon at Van Noord Arena in Grand Rapids.

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Women’s basketball team suffers 70-55 defeat at Calvin
January 7, 2017

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Olivet College women's basketball team suffered a 70-55 defeat to Calvin College this afternoon at Van Noord Arena in Grand Rapids.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Calvin 70, Olivet 55
Location: Van Noord Arena; Grand Rapids, Mich.
Records: Calvin 12-2 overall, 4-2 MIAA; Olivet 0-13 overall, 0-5 MIAA

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Comets jumped out to a 6-2 lead behind a free throw by senior Katie McKinnon, and a jump shot and three-pointer by senior Jillian Nickels.
  • The Knights countered with a trey before a pair of free throws by freshman Jazmin Hildebrand made the score 8-5 at the 6:37 mark.
  • Calvin scored four straight points to go up 9-8.
  • Hildebrand grabbed an offensive rebound and put the ball back into the basket to put Olivet back on top, 10-9.
  • The Knights countered with a basket at the 4:56 mark.
  • Hildebrand split a pair of tosses from the charity stripe to level the score at 11-11 with 3:46 left in the first period.
  • Calvin out-scored Olivet 9-0 to end the quarter and make the score 20-11.
  • The Comets scored four of the first six points in the second quarter to trail by seven points, 22-15.
  • Olivet would not get any closer for the remainder of the half.
  • The Knights twice stretched their lead to as many as 23 points until settling for a 40-19 advantage at the break.
  • The closest the Comets would get in the second half would be 14 points, 68-54, with 37 seconds left in the game.

FOR THE COMETS

  • Olivet shot 34.4 percent from the floor and 70.0 percent from the free throw line.
  • Nickels led the way with 20 points and six rebounds.
  • Hildebrand and junior Stephanie Cochran both came off the bench to score seven points apiece.

FOR THE KNIGHTS

  • Ali Spayde scored a team-best 20 points.
  • Anna Timmer posted a double-double with 17 points and game-best 16 rebounds.
  • Bre Luurtsema also had a double-double with 11 assists and 15 rebounds.
  • Becca Richards recorded 11 points off the bench.

UP NEXT

  • Olivet continues MIAA play Wednesday night with a 6 p.m. game at Hope College.