Box Score HOLLAND, Mich. – The No. 8 Flying Dutchmen edged the Knights in the 192nd edition of the rivalry on Wednesday night, 75-67. Calvin moves to 8-10 on the season and 3-4 in the MIAA. No. 8 Hope improves to 16-2 and leads the all-time series, 99-93.
"I am proud of our guys," said head coach Kevin Vande Streek. "I thought that we played hard and showed some mental toughness tonight. I feel that we needed one more guy to make shots tonight, we had a hard time scoring. Hope is a really good team and I thought tonight was another great Calvin/Hope battle."
The Knights started the evening grabbing an early 9-3 lead, behind a three-point basket from junior Cameron Denney (Bluffton, Ind./Norwell) and six points from senior Jordan Daley (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian). Calvin would continue to apply the pressure to the Flying Dutchmen and extended the lead to eight with 6:56 remaining in the first half at 23-15. Hope would respond with a 14-2 run to take a four-point lead with 1:45 remaining in the half. Cameron Denney drained a three-pointer to cut the lead to one and sophomore Tony Canonie (South Haven, Mich./South Haven) gave Calvin the lead going into halftime making his free throws, 30-29.
Hope came out of halftime with a hot hand, starting the second half on a 10-0 run to take a 39-30 lead. Cameron Denney would stop the bleeding with a layup. The Flying Dutch eight-point lead at 13:48 was cut to two points by a clutch three-point basketball junior Nate Drews (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Hills Lutheran). The Flying Dutchmen fought back with a 9-1 run to take a 59-49 lead. Calvin continued to chip away at the Hope lead, Cameron Denney would cut the deficit to four with a timely three pointer. Hope would go on a 7-0 run after the final media timeout and would not look back from there.
Jordan Daley led the Knights on Wednesday with a career-high 27 points, Daley also led Calvin with 11 rebounds and three steals. Cameron Denney had 18 points. Denney finished the night with a career-high five three-point baskets.
The Knights return to action on Saturday as they travel to Trine for another important MIAA game in Indiana.
