Sydney Vis powers Hope women's basketball past Trine, to outright MIAA championship
Tied late in the third quarter, the Hope College women's basketball team put together a strong fourth quarter to hold off the Thunder, 73-58 and clinch the outright MIAA regular-season championship on Saturday.
The win also makes the Flying Dutch (22-1, 14-0 MIAA) the host for the MIAA Tournament, and they will have a first-round bye.
The game was tied 45-45 with 1:26 to go in the third when Hope's Sydney Vis nailed a 3-pointer to give Hope a 48-45 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Vis found an open Jada Garner for a 3 to start the fourth quarter. Keegan Kaiser hit a 3, then Garner had two layups before Vis hit another 3 to put the game out of reach.
"Very proud of this team's growth and determination," Hope coach Brian Morehouse said. "No in the league picked us, and to be honest, not many in Holland would have picked us last summer. But the growth of this team, their togetherness, their will to fight and win has been amazing."
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Vis finished with 20 points, while Garner had 13, Terin Maynard scored 11 and Kaiser had 10.
Hope shared the ball well as Garner, Vis, Kaiser and Karsen Karlblom each had three assists. Garner also had three steals.
In the post, Courtney Lee had 13 rebounds and Ravin Jemison had four blocks.
Sidney Wagner and Erin Sherwood each had 12 points for Trine (16-7, 10-4 MIAA).
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