Calvin Christian Outlasts Holland Christian in Double Overtime

  • 02/24 - 7:30 PM Boys BasketballFinal
    Grandville Calvin Christian 66
    Holland Christian 63
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Wow, what an experience.  In the final Friday night game at the Civic Center in Holland all the good things about high school basketball were showcased.  The center was filled with generations of Holland Christian Alumni, including Kirk Cousins.  Both teams came out with intensity and played hard for 40 minutes of basketball.  The student sections were crazy, a Calvin student did squats with another student on top of him, Holland Christian not to be out done had a student doing pushups with another student on top, students spelled out names with their bodies, it was loud, it was fun, it was an atmosphere to be treasured.  The night was one last exceptional memory for the Civic Center.

The game wasn't bad either.  Blake VerBeek came out with hot shooting for Calvin Christian and Calvin built a 10 point lead going into the fourth quarter.  Holland Christian has competed, but fallen short, in many of their games this year.  The fourth quarter belonged to Holland Christian as they went on a 10-0 run to tie the game.  Neither team was able to build a significant lead in the final 4 four minutes of regulation.  The game went to overtime, but on a crazy basketball night, one overtime was not enough.  In the first overtime Holland Christian built a 5 point lead, but Calvin came back in the final minute to tie the game and force a second overtime.  Calvin Christian came out ahead at the final buzzer 66-63.

Calvin Christian was led by Blake VerBeek with 27 points and 11 rebounds for a double double.  Mitchell Tanja nearly had a double double with 11 points and 9 rebounds.  Jake Bouma was also in double figures with 11 points.

Calvin Christian finishes their regular season with two non-conference games next week.  Calvin Christian will play Tri-Unity and Allendale before starting districts in hopes of repeating

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last year's long tournament run.

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