Men’s basketball team drops 92-74 decision at Calvin

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Olivet College men's basketball team suffered a 92-74 loss to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) leader Calvin University today at Van Noord Arena.

• Final Score: Calvin 92, Olivet 74
• Location: Van Noord Arena; Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Records: Olivet 9-12 overall, 5-5 MIAA; Calvin 18-3 overall, 10-0 MIAA

• Olivet made the first basket of the game. Calvin answered with a three-pointer and jump shot to go up 5-2. The Knights pushed their lead to as many as 16 points twice. After the second time at 44-28 with 2:22 left until halftime, the Comets scored six of the final eight points of the half to trail by 12 points at the break.
• In the second half, Calvin extended its lead to as many as 20 points, 68-48, with 10:37 showing on the clock. Olivet used a 14-5 run to cut its deficit down to 11 points, 73-62, at the 8:12 mark.

• Olivet was the first MIAA school to score more than 70 points against Calvin.
• Senior Ryan Robinette came off the bench to score a team-leading 16 points.
• Senior Derrick Johnson contributed 12 points.
• Junior Ryan Bart added 11 points.
• Freshman Haidyn Garrison grabbed a team-best five rebounds and scored eight points.

• Jalen Overway led all players with 30 points and 10 rebounds.
• Owen Varnado had 18 points.
• Marcus Bult scored 12 points.
• Uchenna Egekeze tallied six assists.

• Olivet welcomes Kalamazoo College to the Cutler Event Center next Wednesday, February 4. Tip-off is scheduled at 8 p.m.