Calvin Christian (6-2, 0-1) opened on the conference portion of the schedule on the road at Belding (6-2, 1-0). In a hard fought battle where the final score does not dictate the closeness of the game, Calvin Christian fell 66 - 53. Calvin actually had 20 field goals to 17 for Belding but the free throws were one sided and Bedling hit 23 of 31 including 11 of 13 in the fourth quarter. Calvin only shot 8 for the game making 4.

Calvin trailed at halftime 30 -25 but quickly tied the game in the third quarter but trailed 41 - 37 heading into the fourth quarter. With the score at 43 - 40 with about five minutes to go, Belding scored on a baseline out of bounds play and then got hot outside making 4 straight three pointers. They closed off the victory with excellent free throw shooting.

Calvin Christian was led in scoring by Karsen Balmer with 17, Macy Verbeek with 14 and Addy Rhodes with 13. Freshman Addy Rhodes had her first double/double with 11 rebounds and 13 points. Claire Boomstra grabbed 8 boards and had 4 blocks to go along with 2 points. Others that scored were Grace Walcott with 4, and Ella Walcott with 3. The team had 14 assists lead by Ella Walcott with 4 and Macy Verbeek with 3. 

As part of the BLOCK party (10 total) led by Boomstra, freshman Leila Nelson had 3, Rhodes had 2 and Balmer had 1.

Next up for Calvin Christian is a home conference game on Tuesday at 7 PM against a very good Hopkins team. JV plays at 5:30. Please come out for a fun night of basketball to support the girls' basketball program.