by Alan Babbitt

The Hope College women's basketball team will look to rebound from its first loss of the season at the Oglethorpe University Quality Suites Holiday Classic this week in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Flying Dutch are ranked fifth in both the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and D3hoops.com NCAA Division III polls.

Hope is 7-1 on the season. The Flying Dutch lost to second-ranked Thomas More University (Kentucky) on Saturday, December 15 at DeVos Fieldhouse in the championship game of the Post-Exam Jam.

The Flying Dutch will play Oglethorpe on Thursday at 5 p.m. and Birmingham Southern University (Alabama) on Friday at 1 p.m.

Live video and live stats are scheduled for both games.

These are Hope's first games against Oglethorpe (8-1) and Birmingham Southern (3-6).

Hope-Oglethorpe Comparison

Hope-Birmingham Southern Comparison

Photo by Steven Herppich