Box Score
Maura McAfee started off her season with the Hope College women's basketball team in familiar fashion. So did the nationally ranked Flying Dutch.
The junior from Midland, Michigan (Midland HS), keyed an 87-57 win against Finlandia on Saturday by recording a double-double of a team-high 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
Photo of Emily Klauka by Monica Dwyer
McAfee, the 2013-14 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association MVP, collected 14 double-doubles in 29 games last season.
Senior guard Brittany Berry of Grand Rapids, Michigan (Catholic Central HS), chipped in 13 points for Hope.
Berry made the game's first basket with a 3-pointer and the Flying Dutch soared to a 9-0 lead in the first 1 minute, 55 seconds. Hope never trailed.
All 14 players who saw the court for the Flying Dutch scored at least one point in front of a DeVos Fieldhouse crowd of 1,022.
Three Hope players scored eight points apiece: starters Hannah Doell of Center Valley, Pennsylvania (Southern Lehigh HS), and Rebekah Llorens of Grayslake, Illinois (Grayslake Central HS), and reserve Madison Geers of Scottville, Michigan (Mason County Central HS).
Forward Marissa Burke led Finlandia (0-1) with 25 points. Burke surpassed the record for points scored against Hope at DeVos Fieldhouse that Alma's Darcie Philp set during a Hope 79-69 win on Jan. 18, 2005.
The Flying Dutch return to action on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21-22 when they host the Hope Tournament at DeVos Fieldhouse.
Hope plays Pittsburgh-Bradford Friday at 7:30 p.m. then either Defiance (Ohio) or Otterbein (Ohio) on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Photo of 1990 national championship women's basketball team by Tom Renner, Hope College