• Through 180 games, Hope leads the alltime series 93-87.
• Just 111 points separate the teams over 180 games, a difference of only 0.617 points per game!
  Hope has scored 12,223 points, an average of 67.906 per game.
  Calvin has scored 12,112 points, an average of 67.289 per game.
• The series started in 1920-21 with a 31-13 Hope victory.
• Calvin once defeated Hope 22 consecutive times (1969-70 until the second game in 1979-80). Hope's longest winning streak was 10 games, from the start of 1994-95 through 1997-98 season).
• In 1964-65 Hope beat Calvin 104-102 in the series' highest scoring game.
• The series' lowest scoring game was a 26-11 Hope win in 1924-25.
• Hope was the first team to score 100 points, winning 100-90 in 1954. The most points was by Calvin - 105-71 in 1964. There hasn't been a 100-point game since 1972 when Calvin won, 102-89.
• Hope's biggest margin of victory was 54-20 in 1921-22.
• Calvin's biggest margin of victory was 85-43 in 1951-52.
• The teams met a record five times in 2006-07. Hope won the series 3-2 in the most unusual way. Hope defeated Calvin twice on the Knights' home floor and Calvin defeated Hope twice in games at Hope's DeVos Fieldhouse. The fifth-game "rubber match" was played on a neutral floor in Aurora, Ill. with Hope prevailing 80-64 in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
• The teams have met twice in the Grand Rapids Hall of Fame Classic. Hope has won both games on Calvin's court, 76-54 in 2006 and 79-76 in 2009.
• The teams have met 11 times in the MIAA tournament since it began in 1992. The Flying Dutchmen own a 9-2 advantage and are 8-1 when the game determined the tournament champion.
• The teams have met six times in the NCAA playoffs with Calvin winning four of the six -- 92-90 ot in 1987, 95-68 in 1990, 84-79 ot in 1991 and 91-88 in 1992. Hope posted back-to-back victories in 2006 (70-67) and 2007 (80-64).
• There have been eleven overtime games with Hope holding a 6-5 advantage.
• Matt Neil was in the head coaching position for the first time in 2010-11 although his history with the series dates back to his Hope playing days (1978-82) and since 1985 as an assistant coach. As head coach he is 3-1 versus Calvin.
• Calvin coach Kevin VandeStreek versus Hope (since 1996-97) is 17-28.
• Calvin owned a 33-16 advantage in games played at the Calvin College (Knollcrest) Fieldhouse from 1965-66 thru 2007-08. Hope won the final game at Knollcrest between the teams on 1/26/08 by 79-76. Calvin moved into its new VanNoord Arena for the 2008-09 season. The teams split in two games played there in the inaugural year, Calvin by 63-62 in the regular season matchup and Hope by 69-59 in the championship game of the MIAA conference tournament. Hope leads 4-2 at Van Noord through the 10-11 season.
• Hope hosted Calvin at the Holland Civic Center for 51 years (1954-55 thru 2004-05), Hope owning a 31-24 advantage.
• Hope moved to the its Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse for the 2005-06 season. Hope won the first meeting 73-55 and again in an NCAA tournament game 70-67. Through the first game of the 2011-12 season, Hope is 7-4 versus Calvin at DeVos. Hope's only losses at DeVos Fieldhouse in its first three years were to Calvin.
• Calvin owns a 3-2 advantage when the game is played on a neutral floor. The most recent neutral floor game occurred in 2007 with Hope defeating Calvin 80-64 in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Aurora, Ill.
• The January 29, 1997 game at Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids, a 70-56 Hope triumph, established an NCAA Division III single game attendance record with a capacity crowd of 11,442.

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