WINONA LAKE – After leading Grace College’s men’s basketball team to second place in the Crossroads League, senior point guard Bruce Grimm Jr. was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. Grimm, who also earned First Team All-League honors for the second straight year, averaged 2.0 steals per game to go along with 17.9 points and a league-best 5.5 assists. Junior Greg Miller appeared on the league’s Second Team after producing 17.1 points and 9.2 rebounds per contest. He also made 40 percent of his three-pointers and 54 percent of his field goals. Senior guard Elliot Smith rounded out the Lancers’ league honors with an honorable mention to All-League status. Smith scored 11.5 points per game while making 42 percent of his shots from the arc. The Lancers host seventh-seeded Marian tonight at 7 p.m. in the first round of the Crossroads League Tournament. With a victory, Grace will host a semifinal Saturday against the winner of tonight’s game between Bethel and St. Francis. Grace is hoping to qualify for its fifth trip in six years to the NAIA National Tournament. For the women’s basketball team, Juaneice Jackson capped off a breakout junior campaign by being named First Team All-Crossroads League, and Allison Kauffman picked up her first league honor when she was named honorable mention. On Feb. 9 Jackson broke Grace’s women’s basketball record for most points scored in a season with a handful of contests remaining in the 2012-13 season. Her career total of 1,161 points currently ranks her eighth in Lady Lancer history. Jackson ripped off 37 points against Taylor on Jan. 8, which is the most points a Crossroads League player has scored in a game since 2006. Kauffman, a sophomore forward, averaged 12.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game during the regular season.
