ALMA, Mich. – The No. 13 Scots were too much for the Knights on Wednesday evening. Calvin falls to 9-13 on the season with the 91-79 loss.  

"I have a hard time explaining our first half," said head coach Kevin Vande Streek. "Alma has a really good team. Give us credit, we didn't quit after we were one of 17 in the first half from three-point range. We have to make to make shots, we have to other things better too. We did things better in the second half, we were making some shots."

Senior Jordan Daley (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) would get the Knights on the scoreboard first, but the first half would be all Alma after that. Leading 5-4, Alma would go on an 18-9 run to give some separation. The Knights would go into halftime trailing, 47-29.

The Knights would start the second half on a 5-1 run in the first 70 seconds of the half. The Scots would push back over the next few minutes to extend their lead to 20 points at 68-48 with 11:33 remaining. Over the next five minutes the Knights would go on a 19-6 run to trail 74-67 with 6:04 remaining. The run was highlighted by three three-point baskets by senior Austin Parks (Niles, Mich./Niles). The Knights continued to fight the rest of the half but could not overcome the Scots.

Junior Cameron Denney (Bluffton, Ind./Norwell) led the Knights on Wednesday with 20 points, which ties his career-high at Calvin. Following Denney was Jordan Daley with 17 points and Austin Parks with 11 points. Sophomore Michael Wilks (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian) and Jordan Daley both finished with eight rebounds. With his 17 points, Daley moved past Bill Wolterstorff (1961) and Matt Veltema and into 21st place on the Calvin career scoring list.

The Knights owned the boards on Wednesday, outrebounding the Scots, 53-32.

Calvin returns to action on Saturday as the Knights travel to Kalamazoo to face the Hornets.