Albion College Sports

Basketball teams split Wednesday contests

Thursday, 04 December 2008

J.C. Cruse pulled down a team-high seven rebounds Wednesday night. D. Trumpie photo.

Albion College split its basketball games on Wednesday night.

In men's action, Albion scored a 95-84 victory over Heidelberg College of Tiffin, Ohio. Andrew Holms and Drew Yancey scored 16 points apiece to lead the Britons. J.C. Cruse and Dave Elliott reached career scoring highs of 14 and 11, respectively. Albion, 3-2 overall, will play its only home game of the month of December on Saturday when it squares off against local rival Spring Arbor University at 3 p.m. » RECAP

In women's action, Hope College defeated Albion, 80-54. Nicole Dennis and Lindsey Sowa posted career scoring highs with 15 and 10 points, respectively. Albion, 3-2 overall and 0-1 in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, will travel to Adrian College on Saturday. » RECAP

Albion is unable to complete comeback in loss

Sunday, 30 November 2008
Dave Elliott was 3-of-6 from the field. The Albion College men's basketball team whittled an 18-point second half deficit to three with 2:45 left in regulation, but the Britons were unable to complete the comeback in a 69-66 loss to Ohio Wesleyan University in Gambier, Ohio, on Sunday. Andrew Holms scored two of his 11 points from the free throw line to pull Albion within 63-60. Drew Yancey led the Britons with 14 points, while Dave Elliott scored a career-high 10 points. Albion, 2-2 overall, continues non-league play on the road Wednesday night when it travels to Tiffin, Ohio, for a matchup against Heidelberg College, the 2008 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament champion.
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Young Britons let lead slip away in road loss

Sunday, 30 November 2008
Melissa Shaw led the Britons with 16 points and three assists. The Albion College women's basketball team showed its youth in its first true road game of the season, letting an eight-point lead with 5 ½ minutes remaining in regulation slip away in a 67-66 loss at Transylvania (Ky.) University Sunday afternoon. Lindsey Davis sank a pair of free throws giving the Britons a 61-53 lead. Albion led 66-65 on Melissa Shaw's free throw with 16 seconds left, but the Pioneers' Holly Milburn knocked down a five-foot jumper off an inbound pass as time expired. Albion, 3-1 overall, will turn its attention to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association play Wednesday night with a 7:30 game against Hope College inside Kresge Gymnasium.
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