Box Score GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Adrian College men's basketball team stumbled against Calvin, 72-68 in the final road game of the regular season.
THE BASICS
Final Score: Calvin 72, Adrian 68 - Final
Location: Van Noord Arena
Records: Calvin Knights (10-14, 5-8 MIAA); Adrian Bulldogs (12-12, 5-8 MIAA)
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Senior
Christian Covile led all scorers with 33 points, shooting 13-25 from the floor and draining five three pointers. He also hauled in five rebounds for the game.
• Rickey Jackson Jr. and
Isiah Crofford also scored double digit points with 10 and 11 points respectively.
• Adrian's largest lead was 15 points with 8:29 left in the first half, took an 11-point lead into the locker room at halftime.
• Calvin's largest lead was four points with 4:34 left to go in the second half.
• The Knights scored 33 bench points, Adrian only score two points off the bench.
•
Travon Johnson dished seven assists, the most of any player in the game. He also hauled in five rebounds and had one steal.
• The Bulldogs went 28-64 (43.8%) from the floor, 8-26 (30.8%) and 4-10 (40%) from the charity stripe.
• Calvin shot 24-57 (42.1%) from the floor, 8-20 (40%) from the arc and 16-25 (64%) from the free throw line.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Both teams were even in turnovers with eight for the game, average turnovers per game is 12.2 overall and 11.8 in the conference for the Bulldogs.
• Adrian scored less than the conference season average of 71.3 for the seventh time this season, they have lost every time.
• This is the third game this season that Adrian has lost by four or less points this season. In 2-of-those-3 games they had a double digit lead.
THE OPPOSITION
• Three Calvin players scored double digit points: Nate Drews (16), Michael Wilks (14) and Cam Denney (11).
• Mike Siegel led the team with eight rebounds.
• Tony Canonie dished a team-high three assists.
• Calvin out-rebounded Adrian 38-34.
UP NEXT
• Adrian will finish the regular season at home when they host Kalamazoo on Saturday, February 20 at 3:00 p.m.
• The Bulldogs beat the Hornets 100-63 at Kalamazoo on January 27.
• Adrian falls to the fifth spot in the MIAA with a 5-8 conference record. They are one game behind fourth place Trine (6-7).
