HOLLAND, Mich. – The No. 4 Flying Dutch were too much for the No. 15 Knights on Wednesday evening. Hope won in front of a hostile home crowd, 79-47. Calvin moves to 12-4 on the year and 7-1 in the MIAA, Hope remains undefeated on the season at 16-0 and 8-0 in the MIAA. The loss snaps a three-game winning over Hope for the Knights.

"Give Hope a lot of credit," said head coach John Ross. "They played very well and forced us to do a lot of things we didn't want to do. We have to keep getting better and start preparing for a very good Kalamazoo team on Saturday. Hope is a very tough environment to win in and a tough place to shoot well. Hope brought their A-game today and they beat us."

The game started with the Flying Dutch taking an early 8-2 lead. The Knights would fight back and cut the lead to two. Hope would finish the quarter on an 8-2 run to lead 16-8 after the first ten minutes.

The Flying Dutch extended the lead in the second quarter. Hope pushed the lead to 27-12 before senior Kally Verkaik (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) drained the first three-point basket of the night for Calvin with 3:13 remaining in the quarter. Hope would go into halftime leading, 36-15.

"Today is a good learning experience for us," said Verkaik. "We have to keep getting better and use this as a motivator.

The Knights scored 16 points in the third quarter, behind five points from freshman Becca Richards (Fort Gratiot, Mich./Port Huron Northern). The Flying Dutch led after the third quarter, 59-31.

Calvin would go on to score 16 points again in the fourth quarter to finish the game with 47.

Leading the Knights in scoring was senior Tiffany Karger (Cedar Springs, Mich./Cedar Springs) with six points. Junior Anna Timmer (Caledonia, Mich./South Christian) had a team-high four rebounds. Timmer, Becca Richards and Tiffany Karger all recorded two blocks in the loss.

The Calvin defense forced 24 Flying Dutch turnovers on Wednesday.

The Knights return to action on Saturday as they return home to Van Noord Arena to host the Kalamazoo Hornets.