Calvin Men’s Basketball Defeats Olivet to Advance to MIAA Tournament Game Against Hope
Saturday, February 18, 2012
OLIVET - The Calvin men’s basketball team advanced to the MIAA Tournament with an 81-74 victory at Olivet Saturday afternoon at the Cutler Events Center. With the win, Calvin improves to 13-12 overall and more importantly to 8-6 in the MIAA. Calvin gained the fourth seed for the MIAA Tournament as Adrian defeated Albion 71-55 on Saturday evening to allow Calvin to finish one game ahead of (7-7) Albion in the final league standings. Calvin will travel to rival Hope for a Wednesday night MIAA Tournament semifinal game at 7:30 p.m. In its win over Olivet Saturday, Calvin was led by sophomore center Tyler Kruis who tallied a double-double with a career-high 20 points and 11 rebounds. Kruis was one of four Calvin players to notch double-digits in scoring as junior David Rietema had a career-high 12 points while junior Matt DeBoer had 12 points and junior Bryan Powell 10 points. Junior Tom Snikkers had eight points to move past Kevin Broene and into 17th place on the Calvin career scoring list.
Men’s Basketball Defeated at Trine 73-54 - Faces Must-Win at Olivet To Remain in MIAA Tourney Hunt
Thursday, February 16, 2012
By Andrew Knot
The Knights dropped a 73-54 loss to Trine on Wednesday, setting up a must-win game with Olivet on Saturday. Statistically, Junior Tom Snikkers led the Knights with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Brian Haverdink joined him in double figures with 10 points. The loss drops the Knights to .500 overall at 12-12 and 7-6 in conference. Calvin will travel to Olivet on Saturday for a game that will decide its conference tournament fate.
Flashback: Bryan Powell Steal-And-Dunk In Calvin-Hope Game Now Online
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
With Calvin trailing late in the first half of its February 11 rivalry game with Hope at Van Noord Arena, Calvin junior Bryan Powell electrified the Calvin crowd with a steal and powerful one-hand dunk. Powell went on to score 16 points in the game. Calvin student videographer Mike Zaagman caught the Powell dunk and has posted the following video clip online:
Bryan Powell Dunk vs. Hope from Calvin College on Vimeo.
