Jan. 24, 2007

Bulldogs earn third MIAA win, 63-55 over K-zoo

ADRIAN, Mich.— The Adrian College women’s basketball team downed Kalamazoo College, 63-55, at the Merillat Center on Wednesday night.

Nichole Roose scored a season-high 22 points and had her first double-double of the season with 10 rebounds. The junior guard also added five assists, while hitting 7-of-17 from the floor and 5-of-8 from beyond the arc. Senior point guard Corri Helldobler was credited with the 300th assist of her career, while freshman center Kim Olech led all players with 13 rebounds and tallied eight points.

AC freshman guard Anita Stamps finished with 14 points on 7-of-13 shooting. The Bulldogs hit just 35% of their shots, but out rebounded the guests, 51-41.

Kelsea Howell led the Hornets with 20 points.

After leading by nine at the halftime break, 31-22, the Bulldogs stretched to their biggest lead of the game, 40-23 at the 16:35 mark of the second half when Stamps hit a driving lay-up off a Liz Hafeli assist.

Howell cut the Adrian lead to seven, 51-44, with seven minutes left, on a lay up, but a jumper by Jenny Carlson was followed by a lay-in by Roose to make the lead 11 with 4:31 left.

Helldobler and Roose would hit 5-of-6 free throws down the stretch to secure the eight point Adrian win.

The Bulldogs are now 8-9 on the season and 3-7 in the MIAA. Kalamazoo falls to 3-15 overall and 2-8 in the league.

Adrian will next travel to Calvin College on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Knights are 16-1 overall, 9-0 in the MIAA, and ranked #4 in the nation.