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85
Winner Trine Trine 16-1,6-0 Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.
70
Hope Hope 12-5,4-2 Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.
Winner
Trine Trine
16-1,6-0 Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.
85
Final
70
Hope Hope
12-5,4-2 Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Trine Trine 45 40 85
Hope Hope 44 26 70

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Alan Babbitt

Men's Basketball Loses to Seventh-Ranked Trine

For a few minutes late in the first half, the Hope College men's basketball team seized control from the seventh-ranked team in NCAA Division III.

Unfortunately for the Flying Dutchmen, Trine University answered to take the lead back before halftime, then pulled away in the second half for an 85-70 victory on Saturday at DeVos Fieldhouse.

The loss dropped Hope (12-5 overall) two games out of first place in the MIAA. Trine (16-1, 6-0 MIAA) is tied atop the league standings with Calvin. The Flying Dutchmen are alone in third place with a 4-2 record.

Hope overcame a 16-8 deficit 5 ½ minutes into the game to lead 41-30 after a Tanner Wiegerink 3-pointer with 3:41 remaining in the first half capped a 9-2 run.

Trine, however, responded by scoring 14 of the half's final 17 points. The Thunder went up, 45-44, on a Nate Tucker 3-pointer play with 39 seconds remaining in the half.

In the second half, Trine used a 12-0 run over three minutes to pull away to a 61-48 lead. Guard Fred Garland's layup with 13:38 remaining capped the decisive surge.

Head coach Greg Mitchell credited the Thunder for their response, but thought his team helped them by getting away from what worked earlier in the first half.

"The way we played to build the lead was what we intended with sharing the rock and connecting," Mitchell said. "Once it went the other direction, we tried to do too much solo in the desire to play hard for the team. But that needs to come in a corporate way."

Hope shot 38.3% from the field for the game and 29.6% in the second half. The Flying Dutchmen also committed 17 turnovers.

Wiegerink (Holland, Michigan / West Ottawa HS) topped Hope with 21 points.

Senior guard Clayton Dykhouse (Zeeland, Michigan / Zeeland East) chipped in 12 points.

Trine, meanwhile, overcame 22 turnovers by shooting 60.4% from the field for the game.

Three Thunder finished in double figures: guard Cortez Garland with a game-high 25 points, Tucker with 22 points off the bench and Fred Garland with 20.

Hope's next game is on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 8 p.m. against Albion College at DeVos Fieldhouse.
 
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