Feb. 14, 2022, BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Community College women's basketball team won its second in a row after a dominating 59-34 road win at Kellogg Community College on Monday.
The teams went back and forth in the first quarter of play, with GRCC leading just 15-13. But the Raiders held the Bruins to no more than eight points in each of the last three quarters to cruise to the 25-point victory.
With the win, GRCC is 15-8 overall and 11-2 in the conference, which puts the team a half game back of the first place Jackson Jets. Kellogg fell to 1-18 overall and 1-12 in conference play.
GRCC out rebounded Kellogg 63-40, including an impressive 26 on the offensive end, which led the team to a 24-2 advantage in second-chance points.
"We didn’t have as productive a first half as I think any of us had wanted, but I thought the adjustments each player made in the second half were the key to the victory tonight," Coach David Glazier said.
Sally Merrill had her second straight double-double finishing with 12 points and 12 rebounds. The freshman guard and forward ranks in the top 10 in the conference in both scoring, with 15.4 points per game, and rebounding, with 8.1 per game.
Emersyn Koepke, who had eight points and eight rebounds, and Karissa Ferry, with eight points and nine rebounds, also had solid outings for GRCC.
GRCC will be back on the road Feb. 16 against Muskegon Community College, which is in third place in the MCCAA Western Conference.