Grand Rapids, MI – The Calvin University women's basketball will travel to Olivet College on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
The Teams: Calvin and Olivet. The Knights enter Saturday with an overall record of 0-3 and recently fell to Hope with a score 74-58. The Comets will be playing in their first game of the 2020-21 season.
The Coaches: Mark Christner is in his 2nd season as head coach of the Calvin women's basketball program. He finished with a record of 17-10 and made it to the MIAA Semifinals last year. Brittany Zandstra is in her 2ndt season as head coach of the Olivet women's basketball program after being with the program as an assistant coach since the 2017-2018 season. She led them to a 4-21 overall record last year.
The Players: The Knights have two players averaging double digits for the Knights with Stephanie Coors averaging 10.0 points and Leah Harris averaging 11.0 points per game. The Comets have one player averaging double digits from last year. DeeDee Post was averaging 10.9 points per game.
Tale of the Tape: Points per game – Calvin 49.0, Olivet 53.6; opponents' points per game – Calvin 68.7, Olivet 69.9; field goal percentage – Calvin 37.4, Olivet 32.7; three-point percentage – Calvin 28.8, Olivet 28.7; free throw percentage – Calvin 63.8, Olivet 66.8; rebounds per game – Calvin 27.0, Olivet 35.0; assist-to-turnover ratio – Calvin 0.62, Olivet 0.48. (Olivet's stats are from the 2019-20 season).
Recent History: Calvin won both matchups last year against Olivet. Calvin won 92-55 in their final matchup of last year.
Coverage: Live statistics and live video of the game will be available.
*Live Statistics: https://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/wbkb/2020-21/boxscores/20210206_kwaz.xml
*Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/OlivetCollegeAthletics
Social Media: Calvin athletics is represented on Facebook (Calvin Knights), Twitter (@CalvinKnights) and Instagram (@CalvinAthletics ). Follow all the happenings of Calvin University on social media by using the hashtag "#GoCalvin".
Up Next: Calvin will travel to Adrian College on Tuesday February 9 with tipoff schedule for 7:30pm.
