ADRIAN, Mich. - The 24th-ranked Calvin women's basketball team used a torrid three-point shooting attack in the first half to propel itself to an 89-67 win at Adrian Saturday afternoon.

Calvin (18-5 overall, 12-2 MIAA)  connected on 10 of 21 from three-point range in the first half, en route to taking a 53-35 halftime lead.

Adrian (10-12 overall, 7-7 MIAA) fought back to within 11 points at 66-57 early in the fourth quarter but Calvin responded with an 11-4 run sparked by six points from sophomore Bre Luurtsema (Holland/Holland Christian HS) to pull away for the win.

Calvin raced out to a 26-9 first quarter lead behind three triples from senior Kally Verkaik. Verkaik then swished her fourth triple of the game to open the second quarter and give the Knights a 29-9 advantage.

Calvin's biggest lead was 26 points as the Knights led 44-18 late in the second quarter.

The Knights finished the game with 13 three-pointers with Verkaik going 5-for-10 from beyond the arc while senior Tiffany Karger was 4-of-9 from deep. Karger finished with a career-high 17 points to lead Calvin in scoring.  Luurtsema notched her seventh double-double of the season including her sixth in the last 11 games with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Verkaik had 15 points and nine boards while junior Anna Timmer notched 15 points and eight rebounds.

Senior Abby Springer stuffed the stat sheet with eight points, 11 assists, five rebounds and three steals.

Adrian was led in scoring by Antoinea McElroy with 21 points while Ashley Morris had 15.

Calvin held a 45-31 rebounding advantage and shot 48.6 percent overall. Adrian shot 40 percent from the field but just 23.8 percent (5 of 21) from three-point range.

"I am very happy with the road win," said Calvin women's basketball coach John Ross. "Adrian gave us a battle at our place the first time through the league schedule so we knew this game would be a big challenge. We shot the lights out in the first half and that gave us a nice cushion to work with. In the second half, we were able to hault several of Adrian's runs."

Calvin will now prepare to host Alma next Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Van Noord Arena.