The 205th meeting between Calvin and Hope in men's basketball is scheduled to tip off Wednesday night at 8 p.m. inside Calvin's Van Noord Arena. 

The series dates back to the 1920-21 season and sees Hope holding a 104-100 series lead. A year ago, Hope edged Calvin 79-77 at Van Noord Arena in the only meeting of the 2020-21 season between the two rivals. The win by Hope snapped a five-game Calvin win streak against the Flying Dutchmen. 

Calvin enters Wednesday's matchup with an overall record of 8-5 and a conference mark of 1-1. Hope enters at 9-4 overall and 2-0 in the MIAA. 

The Knights are led in scoring by senior guard Luke Morrison who averages 17.9 points a game with senior Thad Shymanski averaging 14.2 points and sophomore Uchenna Egekeze 11.8 points a contest. Senior Emmett Warners adds 8.5 points and 5.4 rebounds a game. 

A year ago, Warners was a member of the All-MIAA First Team while Shymanski was named to the All-MIAA Second Team. 

The Flying Dutchmen are led in scoring by junior wing Evan Thomas who is averaging 15.3 points and 8.3 rebounds a game while connecting on 81.6 percent of his free throw tries. Senior guard Tyler George averages 12.8 points a game and is shooting 89.2 percent from the line. A year ago, George was a member of the All-MIAA Second Team.

Junior guard Clayton Dykhouse is another important cog for Hope, averaging 12.7 points and 3.0 assists-per-contest. Senior forward Jeff Bikus is another face to watch. The 6-6 forward averages 11.1 points and 5.8 rebounds a game.

Over 204 games, Hope has outscored Calvin by 62 points (13,930-13,868) which works out to a difference of just 0.30 points per game!!

Calvin head coach Bill Sall is in his third year as head coach. He is 2-1 against Hope. Hope head coach Greg Mitchell is 6-10 against the Knights. As a player at Calvin, Sall was 7-3 against Hope. As a player at Hope, Mitchell was 4-5 against Calvin.  

Wednesday's game will be telecast live throughout West Michigan on PBS affiliate WGVU-TV 35/52. The WGVU-TV broadcast will also be live streamed at: http://www.calvin.edu/go/live

Live Stats of the varsity game will be available at: https://www.calvinknights.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/boxscores/20220112_vpy0.xml

The junior varsity game will take place at 5:30 p.m. and will also be livestreamed at: http://www.calvin.edu/go/live

Live Stats of the junior varsity game will be available at: https://calvinknights.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22jv/boxscores/20220112_oepu.xml

For more on The Rivalry, visit the Rivalry website at: http://www.calvinhope.com

SPECTATOR POLICY NOTES

All spectactors must wear a mask to enter the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex and Van Noord Arena. In addition, indoor dining and concessions in the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex will not be available due to increased Covid-19 guidelines due to the recent surge in the pandemic. As part of this continued calibration, Calvin has decided to discontinue food and beverages at all Calvin events until at least January 31, the day on which our campus will fully adopt the new CDC guidelines (for more on those guidelines, see https://calvin.edu/covid-response/communications/20220104update.html).