OLIVET, Mich. - The Calvin women's basketball team claimed its first victory of the season taking down Olivet by a score of 79-54 Saturday afternoon. 

Calvin jumped out to an early 8-4 lead after a made jumper my Leah Harris (Frisco, TX / Lone Star). The Knights went on to dominate the first quarter and take a 17-7 leading into the second. Olivet started to get back in the game, but Caitlyn Demaree (St. Louis, MO / Principia) made a three-pointer to extend the score to 22-11 with 6:52 left in the second.

Calvin held a steady lead heading into halftime with a score of 33-20. The Knights shot 31.7% from the field and 22.2% from the three-point line at halftime.

The Comets hung around with the Knights in the third quarter. They outscored Calvin 20-18 in the third to make a nine-point game with a score of 51-40. Calvin built on its lead in the fourth quarter after a three-pointer by junior Stephanie Coors (Evergreen, CO / Valor Christian) to cap off a 13-8 run by the Knights. Calvin outscored Olivet in the fourth quarter 28-14 and won 79-54 for its first win of the season. 

The Knights were led in scoring by junior Gabby Timmer (Caledonia, MI / South Christian) with 22 points and 9 rebounds while teammate Kamryn Elgersma (Redlands, CA / Arrowhead Christian) finished with a career-high 20 points on the strength of five three-point field goals. Leah Harris also had 13 points. Calvin shot 40.8% from the field and 31.0% from the three-point line. They also shot 70.6% from the free throw line, and outrebounded Olivet 53 to 38.

COACHES COMMENT: "I thought our approach was what it needed to be today," said Calvin women's basketball coach Mark Christner. "Our ball movement today was really good. We always talk about starting from inside-out. Gabby (Timmer) got established early so that was good. Then we started making some shots from the perimeter. As the game went on we started getting some key shots from a few different people and on defense we did enough. We made some good plays out of timeouts. That was good for this group to get pushed and then responded. We've talked about building through this abbreviated season. It's important that we feel good about how we are playing and how we approach each game.

UP NEXT: Calvin will travel to Adrian College on Tuesday February 9 with a 7:30 p.m. tipoff.