ADRIAN, Mich. – The Calvin men's basketball team extended its win streak to four with a win over Adrian on the road with a final score of 89-77 on Saturday afternoon. 

The Knights started hot to begin the game as they took an 11-5 lead early after a made 3-pointer by senior Thad Shymanski (Ada, MI / Grand Rapids Christian). Calvin was holding a steady lead over Adrian, but the Bulldogs battled back to only trail 22-19 with 11:30 left in the first half. 

It became a close contest for most of the half, but with 6 minutes left in the half senior Luke Morrison (Bristol, IN / Northridge) scored seven straight points to give Calvin a 37-28 lead. Adrian responded by going on an 8-3 run to close out the first half of play and Calvin led 40-36 going into halftime. 

Morrison led the Knights in scoring at halftime with 14 points followed by Shymanski with 13 points. Calvin shot 14-27 (51.9%) from the field and 5-12 (41.7%) from 3-point range. The Knights outrebounded the Bulldogs 15-13 in the first half and shot 7-9 (77.8%) from the free throw line. 

The Knights began putting up the points early in the second half as they started out on a 13-5 run to take a 53-41 lead after a made free throw by Alec Fruin (Beloit, WI / Turner). Calvin was holding off Adrian as it continued to hang on to the lead and after a made 3-pointer by Uchenna Egekeze (Huntley, IL / Huntley) gave them a 65-54 lead with 11 minutes left in the game. 

Calvin gained more momentum with 9:42 left in the game as it was up 68-60.  From that point, the Knights rattled off a quick 9-4 run to take a 77-64 lead after a 3-pointer by Morrison. Adrian tried to climb back into the game, but Calvin closed the Bulldogs out by making its free throws down the stretch to get the win. 

Calvin improves to 12-6 on the season and 5-2 in the MIAA with the win. 

Morrison led all Knights in scoring with 23 points while Egekeze finished with 19 points and Shymanski ended the afternoon with 18 points as well. Senior Emmett Warners (Grand Rapids, MI / Grand Rapid Christian) had 12 points and 8 rebounds while Fruin finished with 11 points. 

Calvin shot 30-57 (52.6%) from the field and 9-25 (36%) from the 3-point line. The Knights also outrebounded the Bulldogs 31-24 on the glass and shot 20-23 (87%) from the free throw line. 

COACHES COMMENT: "It was a good gritty win on the road," said Calvin head men's basketball coach Bill Sall. "I thought we did a good job sharing the basketball and it was good to see a balanced scoring attack. Adrian challenged us. They changed some things up on offense from the last time we played them and made us earn this one. To our credit, we got some defensive stops when we needed them and we made some shots when we needed them as well. Now it's a quick turnaround but we'll do our best to rest up a bit and come back again on Monday night." 

UP NEXT: The Knights will be on the road at Kalamazoo on Monday January 31 with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m.