Box Score

The cold shooting that plagued John Carroll in its season opener against Pitt-Greensburg apparently followed the Blue Streaks to Michigan Friday night.

On a neutral floor in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Albion broke open a close game midway through the second half to keep John Carroll winless on the 2008-09 campaign with a 69-51 victory in the opening round of the Kalamazoo Hornet Tip-Off Classic.

John Carroll held just one lead in the contest, going ahead 13-11 on a Lee Jennings jumper with 11:42 left in the openiong half.

The Britons responded with a 6-0 burst and would keep the momentum going, staking a 33-27 lead bat halftime.

JCU would score the first four points of the second half, and when Whitney Hamilton dropped in a lay-up at the 17:05 mark, the Blue Streaks trailed by just two points at 33-31.

That would be where the game turned dramatically in favor of Albion, as the Britons would score 30 of the next 43 points over the next 15 minutes to take a commanding 63-44 lead with 2:42 remaining.

In the critical second half, JCU was just 11-34 (.324) from the field and made just one of 12 three-point field goals attempted.

Albion (1-0), which won the rebounding battle by a 44-31 margin, was paced by a game-high 17 points from Brittany Kemperman. Nicole Dennis added 11 points as the only other Briton is double figures.

John Carroll (0-2) received a team-high 12 points from Caitlin Hubach and 11 from Jennings. The Blue Streaks finished the game 22-61 (.361) from the field, 3-21 (.143) from three-point range, and 4-10 (.400) from the free throw line.