Through 140 games, Calvin leads the all-time series 72-68. The Hope/Calvin women's basketball rivalry started in 1965 with a 49-35 Calvin victory.
Since women's basketball became an official MIAA sport in 1978-79, Hope leads, 67-51.
Since 2000, Hope holds a 52-16 series advantage.
The scoring difference between the teams is 68 points in favor of Calvin. Hope has scored 8,135 points, an average of 58.107 per game. Calvin has scored 8,203 points, an average of 58.593 per game.
Hope coach Brian Morehouse is 55-23 in games against Calvin since the 1996-97 season.
Calvin's longest winning streak in the series was 21 games (1965-79) and the longest by Hope is 19 (2017-current).
The teams have combined to win or share 34 of the 44 MIAA championships through the 2023-24 season.
The teams have been to the NCAA tournament a combined 40 times, 24 by Hope and 16 by Calvin. Hope's best NCAA finish was winning the national championship in 2022, 2006 and 1990 while Calvin's best has been playing in the sectional finals three times (2005, 2007, and 2012). Both teams have advanced to the NCAA tournament in the same year on multiple occasions (1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017), but they've never met. Hope is 49-19 in NCAA games, while Calvin is 17-14.
The teams have played each other 22 times in the MIAA Tournament since 1993. Hope has an 14-9 advantage. The teams have met in the MIAA Tournament championship game 10 times with Hope winning seven -- 59-43 in 1995, 73-71 in overtime in 1998, 63-44 in 2006, 71-68 in 2007, 68-49 in 2010, 62-59 in 2013 and 88-79 in 2014. Calvin won the 2015 game 77-73, the 2012 game 65-43, and the 2011 game 67-65.
The most points by Hope in a game against Calvin were 89-51 in 2003 and 2021. Calvin's most points were 88-77 in 2016. The most points by both teams in a game were in Hope's 88-81 win in November 2013.
The fewest points by Hope in a game against Calvin were in a 73-19 loss in 1975. The fewest points by Calvin were from a 77-26 loss in 2021.
Hope's biggest margin of victory was 51 points (77-26) in 2021. Calvin's biggest margin of victory was 54 points (73-19) in 1975.
Five games have gone into overtime, with Hope winning four of them: 55-53 in 1995, 73-71 in 2001, 63-55 in 2017 and 63-58 in 2018 (MIAA Tournament semifinal). Calvin's overtime win was 63-58 in 2007,
Thirty-two of the games have been decided by five or fewer points with Calvin holding an 18-15 advantage. In one-point games, Calvin leads 3-1 (59-58 in 1981, 61-60 in 1984 and 56-55 in 2011; Hope 70-69 in 2018).
Six of the all-time NCAA Division III women's basketball single-game attendance marks have been Hope/Calvin games. The largest DeVos Fieldhouse crowd was 3,443 on February 16, 2013, when Hope won 65-60. The largest at Calvin's Van Noord Arena was on February 21, 2009 (3,175), also a Hope win, 65-50.
Karla Wolters, Hope Class of 1973 and a member of the Hope College Kinesiology faculty (1987-2010), coached Calvin to the 1979 MIAA championship. Wolters was 3-0 in games she coached her Calvin teams against Hope from 1977-79.
Results by Decade
2020s -- Hope leads, 14-1
2010s -- Hope leads 20-10
2000s -- Hope won 19-5
1990s -- Calvin won 19-8
1980s -- Calvin won 16-7
1970s -- Calvin won 13-0
1960s -- Calvin won 8-0
