KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Knights dropped a tough one to the Kalamazoo Hornets on Saturday afternoon. The Hornets defeated Calvin 68-53. The loss moves the Knights to 9-14 overall and to 4-8 in the MIAA.

"We have to make shots," said head coach Kevin Vande Streek. "We played a lot of guys to see if anyone could give us a spark today. I am proud of the guys, they played hard and rebounded well, but at the end of the day you have to make shots. We were able to get the younger guys in today and any experience for them is good experience. We can either pout about today or we can get back to work and focus on Wednesday and I know we will choose to get back to work."

The Knights started the game with sophomore Michael Wilks giving Calvin a 2-0 lead. With Calvin trailing, 5-4, the Hornets would go on an 8-2 run. The Knights would respond with an 8-4 run of their own to cut the Kalamazoo lead to 17-14 with 9:59 left in the first half. Calvin went the next eight minutes without making a basket and the Hornets would increase the lead to 27-14. With 2:27 remaining in the half, junior Cameron Denney got the Knights back on the scoreboard with a layup. Calvin would go into halftime trailing, 29-17.

Calvin started the second half on a 4-0 run with a layups from sophomore Tony Canonie and Michael Wilks. Kalamazoo pushed the lead up to 17 with a 13-4 run at 42-25. The Knight would not go away, senior Jordan Daley scored the next four points to cut the lead. Calvin would cut the lead to 10 points with 5:45 remaining from a three-point basket from Tony Canonie, but that would be the closest Calvin would get the rest of the day.

Jordan Daley led the Knights on Saturday with nine points. Freshman Carlos Amoros and Michael Wilks both finished with eight points. Calvin finished the day with 10 players scoring.

Sophomore Mike Siegel was the leading rebounder with eight on the afternoon.

The Knights found success on the glass, outrebounding Kalamazoo, 44-35. Calvin also took good control of the ball, with only 10 turnovers in the game. The Maroon and Gold scored 14 points of off 11 Kalamazoo turnovers.

Calvin returns to Van Noord Arena on Wednesday as the Knights host Adrian. The game is an 8 p.m. start for the Bulldogs and Knights.