Feb. 4, 2023, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Community College men's and women's basketball teams had season-best performances against visitors of North Central Michigan College on Saturday.
In the first game, the women's team set season-highs in points with 91, scoring margin, winning by 68, field goal percentage (.551), assists with 26, and turned the ball over just a season-best seven times.
"Fun to watch our kids really play a full 40 minutes for each other," head coach David Glazier said. "The way we supported our reserves finding success this afternoon was great! They work so hard day in and day out to make us better by competing on every play, in every drill, and then provide support even when they don’t get the time in games."
Grace Lodes' was nearly flawless, out-scoring the entire North Central team on her own by six points. Twenty-two of her career-high 29 points came in the first half. She finished 13-of-17 from the floor while adding a game-high 13 rebounds and five assists.
Allison Kellogg was nearly perfect herself, going 8-of-9 from the field, while scoring 17 points, just two points short of tying her career high.
Sally Merrill added 13 points and Karissa Ferry had 10 for GRCC, which now won three in a row and improved to 11-6 overall, and 5-2 in the conference.
The men's team has won four out of five games after a convincing 112-80 win.
Twelve players scored for the Raiders, including freshman Seth Schuitema who was on fire, going 8-for-10 from the field and 7-for-9 from three-point range for a career-high 26 points in just 18 minutes of action.
GRCC surpassed the 100-point mark for the seventh time this year, mostly in part to outside shooting, making a season-high 17 three-point shots in just 35 attempts.
Danyel Bibbs scored 17 points and had a team-high five assists and Brockton Kohler knocked down four three-pointers while finishing with 16 points and five rebounds.
GRCC had just nine turnovers, which was the team's sixth time with 10 or fewer turnovers.
Both teams will be back at home on Feb. 8 to take on Mid Michigan College, whom they both lost to in their first meeting. The women will tip-off first at 5:30 p.m.
This story was written by Ben Brown.