Tournament Central  |  Calvin-Hope Box Score

Hope 76, Calvin 68

The No. 1-seeded Hope College men's basketball team was crowned the 2022 MIAA Tournament champion after notching a 76-68 victory over No. 2-seeded Calvin University at DeVos Fieldhouse on February 26.

The Flying Dutchmen have an overall record of 22-6, including a 12-2 mark in regular-season play.

In the championship matchup versus the Knights, Evan Thomas had a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds, while also going 5-of-5 from the charity stripe.  Thomas additionally dished out a game high of four assists.  Clayton Dyhouse matched Thomas with a game-best 20 points.  Tanner Wiegerink scored in double digits with 13 points and blocked a game high of four shots.

Hope tallied 39 rebounds, 10 blocks, 10 assists, and went 16-of-20 (.800) in free throw attempts.

The Knights (20-8 overall, 11-3 MIAA) were led by Luke Morrison who tallied 17 points, along with Alec Fruin (14 points) and Thad Shymanski (10 points) who also scored in double digits.  Fruin grabbed a team-best 10 boards which earned him a double-double for the game.  Uchenna Egekeze blocked a team high of three shots.

Calvin concluded the contest with 42 rebounds, eight assists, seven steals, and six blocks.

Hope receives the league's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament.  The championship selection show will be live streamed at NCAA.com on Monday, February 28, at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Semifinal Scores

No. 1 Hope 94, No. 4 Albion 82  |  Box Score

No. 2 Calvin 75, No. 3 Trine 54  |  Box Score

Quarterfinal Scores

No. 1 Hope 80, No. 8 Kalamazoo 58  |  Box Score

No. 2 Calvin 91, No. 7 Alma 70  |  Box Score

No. 3 Trine 92, No. 6 Adrian 63  |  Box Score

No. 4 Albion 92, No. 5 Olivet 69  |  Box Score