A slow start proved too much for the Albion College men’s basketball team to overcome Wednesday. The Britons shot 17 percent in the first half in bowing to Adrian College, 78-46, in Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association action. Alex Harville and Zach Hurth scored 11 points apiece to lead the Britons, and Lawrence Ridgell provided 10 points off the bench. Albion continues conference play on the road Saturday when it challenges Olivet College.

Calvin College is known as a streaky shooting team. The Knights were on a hot streak Wednesday, burying 16-of-27 shots from 3-point range as they handed Albion College a 106-59 setback to snap the Britons’ 11-game winning streak. Taylor Nugent and Madeline Winters reached double figures for Albion with 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Albion College All-America cornerback Chris Greenwood continued his mission of leaving an impression on National Football League scouts when he started for the West squad in the Jan. 21 East-West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The Albion College women's basketball team gained its 11th win in a row Saturday as it walked out of the DeVos Fieldhouse with a 63-46 victory over 12th-ranked Hope College. Albion reeled off a 10-0 run to extend a 36-32 lead to 46-32 with 4:15 left. Patty Rewa, who ignited the rally with an old-fashioned three-point play, posted her ninth double-double of the season with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Brett de Bear and Nicole Dennis added 12 and 11 points, respectively, for the Britons. Albion has another road trip lined up Wednesday as it travels to Grand Rapids to challenge No. 4 Calvin.

Albion College blew a six-point lead in the final minute of regulation as it was stunned by Alma College, 80-74 in overtime, in Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball action at Kresge Gymnasium. Kolin Kazen hit a pair of free throws to give Albion a 64-58 lead with 1:09 left. Brandon Krause sent the game to OT with a layup with seven seconds left. Cory Schneider and Greg Silverthorn dropped 3-point field goals on Alma's first two overtime possessions as it never trailed in the final five minutes.
 
Kazen collected his second career double-double with 27 points and 14 rebounds. Mike Smith and Lawrence Ridgell finished with 12 and 10 points, respectively, for Albion.

Kayla Gustitus and Alyssa Heilman were among a small group of first-year students from Albion College who traveled to Cameroon for two weeks in January. Led by Emmanuel Yewah, professor of French and the Howard L. McGregor Endowed Professor of Humanities at Albion, the trip challenged the students' original conceptions about Africa.

Research by Mareike Wieth, assistant professor of psychological science at Albion College, has landed coverage in several media outlets including Men’s Health magazine and the British Broadcasting Company World Service. Wieth’s recent study asked 428 students to deem themselves night owls or morning larks then quizzed them on six problem-solving tasks at different times of the day. Early birds quizzed in the p.m. and night owls quizzed in the morning performed the best on insight-based questions that required some original thought.

Philosophy professor emeritus Jack Padgett passed away January 20 in Chelsea, Mich., at the age of 85, following a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Marissa Cloutier worked in a temporary medical clinic in Honduras in December.Despite only being in the middle of her sophomore year, Marissa Cloutier has taken advantage of the opportunities Albion College has to offer.

The Grosse Ile product originally arrived on campus as an economics and management major, but realizing she didn’t have a passion for that work, Cloutier allowed Al Pheley, the director of Albion’s Institute for Premedical Professions and Health Sciences and Gerald R. Ford Institute for Leadership in Public Policy and Service, to guide her to a biology major that will likely lead to a career in health care. In addition to her major, Cloutier is concentrating in the Ford Institute and playing on the women’s tennis team that captured the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship and competed in the NCAA Division III Championships her first year.

Cloutier took two trips during Albion’s recent break between semesters. The first was a weeklong December journey to Honduras with a group from Global Medical Brigades where she worked in a temporary clinic that saw more than 450 patients in three days. Her second weeklong experience was closer to home as she got an intensive look at revitalization efforts in Detroit along with 19 other Albion students in the Sleight Leadership Program.