Jan. 31, 2008

Final Stats

Hillsdale, Mich. - Despite a strong performance from Erin Cyplik, Grand Valley State lost to Hillsdale College by a final score of 77-65. Cyplik scored a season-high 19 points, making all seven of her free throw attempts. The season-high was not enough to fend off Hillsdale's Katie Cezat, who finished the game with 34 points and 12 rebounds. Grand Valley State's record is now 13-7 overall, with a GLIAC mark of 8-3. Their next game is Saturday, Feb. 2 against Ashland.

Lauren Buresh also had a strong game for the Lakers, tying her career-high with 13 points on a perfect 5-5 night from the field. Crystal Zick finished with 14 points, three steals and three assists. Buresh got the night started for Grand Valley State, putting in a layup 51 seconds into the game to make the score 2-0.

After Hillsdale took the lead 13-12, Kim Wyngaard scored in the paint to go up 14-13 and send the Lakers on a run. Zick and Jocelyn Ingram hit back-to-back threes, followed by another Wyngaard layup and an Ingram free throw made the score 23-13 after an 11-0 run. Ingram recorded five points, five rebounds, three steals and three assists.

Hillsdale stormed back and tied the game at 25-25 with 3:47 left in the first half. Grand Valley stuck with the Chargers, but with 2:35 remaining in the first 20 minutes, Hillsdale scored the last seven points of the half to go into the break up 35-28.

Once again, Buresh was the first one to score out of the locker room, putting down another layup to bring the Lakers to within five. The deficit became one point when Cyplik buried a three with 17:26 remaining in the game to make the score 40-39. Cyplik scored the next four points for Grand Valley to keep the Lakers within one point of the Chargers. Hillsdale continued to pull away and the lead reached 10 points with 7:32 left in the game, 60-50. That lead held up for the rest of the game, and the Lakers fell by a final score of 77-65.