Men's Basketball Headlines

Men's Basketball falls to Defiance in season opener
The men's basketball team lost 79-62 to Defiance College in the season opener on Sunday, Nov. 15. The Hornets led by six (22-16) midway through the first half, but Defiance used a 10-4 run to pull ahead 26-25 with 7:50 left in the first half. The Yellow Jackets led the rest of the game, including 41-35 at halftime. Defiance shot 42.6 percent overall and made 11-of-28 three-pointers. Kalamazoo shot 34.7 percent overall and made just 5-of-23 three-pointers. Defiance held a 45-40 advantage in rebounds. Ryan Clark led four Hornets in double figures with 15 points and eight rebounds. Tyler Stewart scored 14 points with four rebounds and six assists. A.J. Williams scored 11 points with six rebounds and four assists. Joe Prepolec scored 10 points with seven rebounds and three blocked shots. Drew Mitchell added eight points with four blocked shots. Kalamazoo returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Anderson (Ind.) University. Box Score

Men's Basketball battles Western Michigan University in preseason exhibition game
The men’s basketball team battled NCAA Division I neighbor Western Michigan on Saturday, Nov. 7, stumbling late and losing 78-52. The Hornets scored the first basket of the game on a jumper by sophomore Joe Prepolec, and found themselves trailing at halftime by only eight points. The second half went back-and-forth as the Hornets cut the lead to five points on a couple of occasions. Kalamazoo trailed by ten, 61-51, with just over six minutes to play before WMU pulled away for the 26-point victory.  Ryan Clark led the Hornets with 19 points and seven rebounds. Prepolec was the only other Hornet in double-figures with ten, while AJ Williams and Tyler Stewart chipped in with seven points each. The Hornets return to action this Sunday with their home opener against Defiance College at 3 p.m. Box Score

2009 Kalamazoo College Basketball Camp - June 22-26, 2009
The annual Kalamazoo College Basketball Camp will be held at the Anderson Athletic Center June 22-26, 2009. For more information or to register, please download the camp brochure (PDF).

Cooper and McCain earn All-MIAA Basketball honors
Nyemade Cooper and Henry McCain were selected to their respective All-MIAA Basketball Second Team's on Monday, March 2. Cooper, a junior from Ypsilanti (Gabriel Richard HS), led the MIAA in scoring (15.4 ppg) and blocked shots (2.1 avg). She is Kalamazoo's first league scoring champion since 1987-88. Cooper finished second in the league in rebounding (8.4 rpg) and fourth in shooting percentage (.486). For the season, Cooper finished her junior season with 352 points and now has a career total of 873, ranking 13th among Kalamazoo College career leaders. Cooper pulled down 209 rebounds this season and became just the sixth player in school history to reach 500 career rebounds. McCain, a senior from Harper Woods (Grosse Pointe North HS), ranked sixth in league contests in rebounding (6.8 avg) and 11th in scoring (12.0 ppg). He was the only Hornets' player to average in double figures, and was named MIAA Player of the Week for Week Five after scoring a career-high 27 points against Oberlin.