The Hope College women's basketball team trumped Great Lakes Christian College 100-43 on Thursday night at DeVos Fieldhouse. 

The Flying Dutch were paced by the bench, with 69 of Hope's 100 points tallied by non-starters to improve the Orange and Blue to 8-0 this season. 

"Credit to our bench, they've practiced all year long and today was a great chance for them to show what they've been working on," said assistant coach Courtney Kust. 

In the eighth win of the season, freshman Sydney Vis (Byron Center, Michigan / South Christian HS) topped her career-high game points with 19 to lead the Flying Dutch to victory. Vis knocked down three of four attempts behind the three-point line, and went seven of eight from the field. Freshman Karsen Karlblom (Crystal Lake, Illinois / Prairie Ridge) picked up 10 points in the win. Senior Ella McKinney (Haslett, Michigan / Haslett) and freshman Keegan Kaiser (New Albany, Indiana / Floyd Central) each netted nine points to assist in the 100-point win. 

Freshman Hannah Kurncz (DeWitt, Michigan / DeWitt) had a game-high five assists and senior Kate Majerus (Sycamore, Illinois / Sycamore) grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. 

The Flying Dutch held the Crusaders to just seven points in the second quarter after a slower than average start to the offense. 

"I think our bench energy was good to start the game, and we didn't play our best quarter, i think we started a little slow, and then in the second quarter we picked it up on defense and got more deflections, which led to some of our offense," said Kust. 

Hope heads out on the road for an MIAA league matchup against Kalamazoo College on Saturday, December 10 at 3 p.m.