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[Roundball999]

Hope's newest recruit has committed very early:  www.celinaking.com

Be sure to click on her "Blog" and watch her play with the high school boys last fall as a junior!

Looks like quite the catch for Hope, this young lady appears to be both a player and has her priorities right!  Would love to see Gaddy recover fully too, the two of them together with returning Anderson would seem to make a very strong back court.  Now Coach Morehouse has to land a few bigs to replace +6' seniors Llorens, Doell, and Klauka.  Of course, having McAfee back next year is huge, Traversa too, and Geers seems to be improving rapidly as a wing player.  If this year's frosh bigs improve over the summer and Hope lands one or two more, future looks very bright.

But I'm getting ahead of myself... lots still to play this year and the Dutch are putting together a great season. 

[pointlem]

Hope's newest recruit has committed very early:  www.celinaking.com

Be sure to click on her "Blog" and watch her play with the high school boys last fall as a junior!

Looks like quite the catch for Hope, this young lady appears to be both a player and has her priorities right!  Would love to see Gaddy recover fully too, the two of them together with returning Anderson would seem to make a very strong back court.  Now Coach Morehouse has to land a few bigs to replace +6' seniors Llorens, Doell, and Klauka.  Of course, having McAfee back next year is huge, Traversa too, and Geers seems to be improving rapidly as a wing player.  If this year's frosh bigs improve over the summer and Hope lands one or two more, future looks very bright.

But I'm getting ahead of myself... lots still to play this year and the Dutch are putting together a great season.

Ditto . . . though she's a high school junior . . . and so won't likely suit up with junior Autumn Anderson, but could make an amazing duo with Angelique Gaddy, assuming she sustains her early commitment (which could happen, given the seemingly good values that underlie her decision).

[Roundball999]

Hope's newest recruit has committed very early:  www.celinaking.com

Be sure to click on her "Blog" and watch her play with the high school boys last fall as a junior!

Looks like quite the catch for Hope, this young lady appears to be both a player and has her priorities right!  Would love to see Gaddy recover fully too, the two of them together with returning Anderson would seem to make a very strong back court.  Now Coach Morehouse has to land a few bigs to replace +6' seniors Llorens, Doell, and Klauka.  Of course, having McAfee back next year is huge, Traversa too, and Geers seems to be improving rapidly as a wing player.  If this year's frosh bigs improve over the summer and Hope lands one or two more, future looks very bright.

But I'm getting ahead of myself... lots still to play this year and the Dutch are putting together a great season.

Ditto . . . though she's a high school junior . . . and so won't likely suit up with junior Autumn Anderson, but could make an amazing duo with Angelique Gaddy, assuming she sustains her early commitment (which could happen, given the seemingly good values that underlie her decision).

Good catch, I didn't realize she was only a junior.  Fingers crossed that she attends, a lot can change in a year especially given there is no real "commitment" in D3.

[Roundball999]

St. Mary's plays Hope tough for the first 10 minutes before the Dutch explode to a 23 point halftime lead.  The Dutch coast from there for a 72-47 win; Brittany Berry goes 5-8 from behind the arc to lead the Dutch with 15. 

Hope starter Hannah Doell apparently didn't play, wasn't in the box score.  Anyone know why?  Hope the injury bug hasn't hit the Dutch again....

[Roundball999]

Hope starter Hannah Doell apparently didn't play, wasn't in the box score.  Anyone know why?  Hope the injury bug hasn't hit the Dutch again....

Article in today's Sentinel says "leg injury, not serious".  I hope that's the case; with a bunch of away games including the rematch at Calvin, the Dutch will certainly need her especially her outstanding defense.

[wiz]

Well deserved recognition for John Ross. 
http://www.mlive.com/smallcolleges/grandrapids/index.ssf/2015/02/calvin_womens_basketball_coach_1.html#incart_river

Interestingly with 19-0 record and 10-0 in league play, not a single Calvin player has been named MIAA player of the week this year.

[Roundball999]

Interestingly with 19-0 record and 10-0 in league play, not a single Calvin player has been named MIAA player of the week this year.

Might be indicative of good team balance.

But I did notice that Breanna Verkaik was named to the D3Hoops national team of the week this week.  Congratulations to Ms. Verkaik!

[bballfan13]

Interestingly with 19-0 record and 10-0 in league play, not a single Calvin player has been named MIAA player of the week this year.

Might be indicative of good team balance.

But I did notice that Breanna Verkaik was named to the D3Hoops national team of the week this week.  Congratulations to Ms. Verkaik!

Yes I agree.

And congrats Bre!
http://d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2014-15/week10

[wiz]

Interestingly with 19-0 record and 10-0 in league play, not a single Calvin player has been named MIAA player of the week this year.

Might be indicative of good team balance.

But I did notice that Breanna Verkaik was named to the D3Hoops national team of the week this week.  Congratulations to Ms. Verkaik!

Wonder how she pulled that off with all that team balance?

[Roundball999]

Interestingly with 19-0 record and 10-0 in league play, not a single Calvin player has been named MIAA player of the week this year.

Might be indicative of good team balance.

But I did notice that Breanna Verkaik was named to the D3Hoops national team of the week this week.  Congratulations to Ms. Verkaik!

Wonder how she pulled that off with all that team balance?

Who knows?  Ms. Verkaik averages 20 pts with 54% from behind the arc and gets D3Hoops national recognition but no MIAA recognition.  A couple weeks back, Maura McAfee averages 22.5 pts on 59% shooting, 15.5 rebs, 2.5 blocks and gets MIAA recognition but no D3Hoops notice.  Go figure, clear as mud.

[wiz]

Interestingly with 19-0 record and 10-0 in league play, not a single Calvin player has been named MIAA player of the week this year.

Might be indicative of good team balance.

But I did notice that Breanna Verkaik was named to the D3Hoops national team of the week this week.  Congratulations to Ms. Verkaik!

Wonder how she pulled that off with all that team balance?

Who knows?  Ms. Verkaik averages 20 pts with 54% from behind the arc and gets D3Hoops national recognition but no MIAA recognition.  A couple weeks back, Maura McAfee averages 22.5 pts on 59% shooting, 15.5 rebs, 2.5 blocks and gets MIAA recognition but no D3Hoops notice.  Go figure, clear as mud.

Strong performances for both and Breanna and Maura and they put up these impressive stats with just 23 and 24 minutes, respectively.

[bballfan13]

Great win for Calvin last night at home against Olivet.  Olivet played the Knights tough at their place back in early January.  Calvin came out strong and never looked back.

Congratulations to Kayla Engelhard as well for scoring her 1,000th career point at Calvin, well done!  She is the 14th member of the 1,000 point club at Calvin.

[sac]

I was able to stick around Albion and caught the first half of the Hope/Albion game.  Hope just obliterated the Britons in every way possible.  There's a good chance I saw Hope's best first half of basketball this year they were amazing.   

Brittney Berry and Mandy Traversa went 7-9 combined from 3 in the first half alone and a couple of those were really, really long shots.  Hope dominated every aspect of the game and led 55-19 at the half.

So I went home.

[Roundball999]

I was able to stick around Albion and caught the first half of the Hope/Albion game.  Hope just obliterated the Britons in every way possible.  There's a good chance I saw Hope's best first half of basketball this year they were amazing.   

Brittney Berry and Mandy Traversa went 7-9 combined from 3 in the first half alone and a couple of those were really, really long shots.  Hope dominated every aspect of the game and led 55-19 at the half.

So I went home.

Albion coach said he set up the Brits to try to stop McAfee and Llorens inside, which explains why the Hope threes were raining down from 6 different players including 6-10 from Berry and 3-4 from Traversa.  That's what makes this Hope team so tough, multiple inside threats and two of the best three point shooters in the nation.  Pick your poison.  And now the defense seems to be really coming together, giving up an average of just over 50 ppg since the loss to Calvin and causing 20 turnovers in the first half alone yesterday.  Still, a very tough string of road games to finish the season including much improved Kalamazoo and Trine, the big game at Calvin, and home vs. a tough Olivet squad on Senior Night next Saturday.  Go Hope!

[Roundball999]

Now we can say congrats to Breanna Verkaik for being named MIAA women's player of the week