UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 21, 2023) – Hope swept a pair of basketball games against visiting Alma on Saturday at DeVos Fieldhouse in Holland.
Savannah Feenstra scored 16 points as the Flying Dutch lifted the 2022 NCAA Tournament title banner to the rafters, and cruised in the women’s opener, 89-37. The Flying Dutchmen outmuscled the visiting Scots in the nightcap, 83-76, as Evan Thomas had 20 points and 14 rebounds, Gabe Quillan had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Clayton Dykehouse had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Hope’s teams are on the road on Wednesday night, with the Flying Dutch game versus Trine in Angola broadcast at 7 PM on 99 7/1450 WHTC, and the Flying Dutchmen game at Kalamazoo broadcast at 6:30 PM on The Lakeshore’s 92 7 The Van.
Grand Valley State split a pair of games in Houghton against Michigan Tech on Saturday afternoon. Isabella Lenz capped a 15-point performance with a buzzer-beating jumper as the host Huskies pulled off the upset in the women’s opener, 57-56. Marius Grazulis tossed in 17 points as the visiting Lakers won the men’s nightcap, 74-61. GVSU’s teams host Purdue Northwest at the Fieldhouse Arena in Allendale on Thursday evening.
In state major-college basketball on Saturday afternoon:
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Akron 63, Western Michigan 55
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Ohio 96, Central Michigan 68
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Northern Illinois 88, Eastern Michigan 67
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Detroit 89, Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis 77
On Sunday afternoon, Michigan State is at Indiana and Michigan entertains Minnesota.
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Third period goals by Scott Laughton and Noah Cates lifted the visiting Philadelphia Flyers past the Red Wings on Saturday night, 2-1. Detroit is home to the San Jose Sharks at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday evening.
Jason Dickinson had a goal and two assists as the Blackhawks beat the Blues in St. Louis on Saturday night, 5-3. Chicago welcomes the Los Angeles Kings to the United Center on Sunday evening.
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Nikita Alexandrov’s goal 1:31 into overtime completed a Springfield comeback from two goals down as the visiting Thunderbirds edged the Griffins at Van Andel Arena on Saturday night, 3-2. Grand Rapids skates in Milwaukee against the Admirals next Saturday evening.
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