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SATURDAY, February 7, 2015 The Herald-Palladium Section B

SPORTS Boys and girls high school basketball results

Page B2, B3

Detroit’s John Lucas

III drives against

the Denver Nuggets

during the first half

of Friday’s game.

Benton Harbor native and Nuggets

player Wilson Chandler

is pictured second

from left.Paul Sancya / AP

Monroe, Pistons breeze past Nuggets

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Greg Mon-roe had 21 points and a career-high 21 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons cruised past the slumping

D e n v e r N u g g e t s 98-88 on Friday.

D.J. Au-gustin add-ed 22

points and 11 assists, and Andre Drummond had 13 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit, which shot 4 of 24 from 3-point range but still won without much trouble. The Pistons led by as many as 22 in the third quarter but scored only 18 points

in the fourth.Ty Lawson had 20 points

and nine assists for the Nuggets, who have dropped 12 of 13.

Benton Harbor native Wilson Chandler scored 10 for the Nuggets.

The Pistons led 56-42 at halftime, and although Denver cut into the lead a bit, Detroit answered with a 3-pointer by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and two more by Augustin, part of a 14-0 run that put the Pis-tons up 74-52.

Monroe and Drum-mond came into the game as the only two teammates in the NBA averaging double-doubles.

Don Campbell / HP staff

St. Joseph’s Javione Ballard tries to pass while falling out of bounds as Lakeshore’s Jimmy Gathright defends during the first half of Friday’s game.

Jody Warner / HP correspondent

South Haven’s Alec Washegesic goes in for a layup during Fri-day’s game against Coloma.

Don Campbell / HP staff

Lakeshore’s Carley Dubbert drives past St. Joseph’s Haley Adams during the sec-ond half of Friday’s game.

Closing when it countsBy AUSTIN BORNHEIMHP Sports Writer

ST. JOSEPH — The St. Joseph boys basketball team thought it had the per-fect gameplan to take down rival Lake-shore.

And for most of Fri-day night it did.

But in the game’s fi -nal six minutes Lake-shore did what it’s done all season: close.

The Lancers took the Bears’ best shot and came away with a gritty, grind-it-out 38-33 win in a packed St. Joseph gym.

“They had an excel-lent gameplan and they did what they had to do to stay in this game being short handed,” Lakeshore coach Sean Schroeder said. “We were ripe for the upset, but luckily we made a few plays at the end because they outplayed us all game.”

In the girls game, composed guard play carried Lakeshore past St. Joseph 60-43.

It had been a trying week for the Bears, who lost leading scorer Jordan Brewer for the season due to a torn labrum suffered on Tuesday.

LMC hunting for league titles

By AARON GREENHP Sports Writer

BENTON TOWNSHIP — The Lake Michigan Col-lege men’s and women’s basketball teams stayed in the thick of the Michigan Community College Athletic Associa-tion’s Western Divi-sion race with a sweep of Jackson Community College on Friday night.

The men strug-gled in the fi rst half, but came from be-hind using its de-fense to escape the Jets 70-68 to stay in fi rst place of the MCCAA West.

The women were never challenged as they won go-ing away over Jackson 86-47 to stay on the heels of Kalamazoo Valley in sec-ond place.

“The position we are in right now is an instant mo-tivator,” LMC men’s coach Doug Schaffer said. “Being in contention for a champi-onships keeps them fo-cused”

LMC (9-2 MCCAA

West, 18-6) was down by as many as 14 points before rallying with its defense.

The RedHawks gave up 45 fi rst half points, but lim-ited the Jets (6-6, 2-8) to just 23 second half points.

Ben Kesterson and Alex Potter combined to score 29 fi rst-half points for Jackson as the Jets got open shots

and second chances.“We gave up 45

points in the fi rst and then only 23 points in the second half,” Schaffer said. “We made just enough offensive plays to win, but if we do not do what we did defensively, we do not win the game.”

When the Jets did miss, they were able to get offensive rebounds and sec-ond chance points building a 45-32 halftime lead.

LMC came out much more energized in the sec-ond half.

The RedHawks inserted Michael Bush into the line-up at the point and LMC began to get better offensive looks.

Bush would fi nish with only one point, but he handed out nine assists.

RedHawks sweep Jackson, stay in West Div. contention

LMC men

70Jackson

68

LMC women

86Jackson

47

Rams use style in sweep

By BEN SANDERSHP Sports Writer

SOUTH HAVEN — South Haven used two dif-ferent styles to sweep Friday’s bas-ketball doublehead-er against Coloma.

The Rams used a zone press to speed up the boys game and defeat the big-ger Comets 68-57, avenging a defeat earlier in the sea-son.

In the girls con-test, South Haven had the size advantage and used it well in a 44-27 win.

In the boys game, Colo-ma (1-6 Wolverine West, 4-11) started well, taking an early 11-5 lead, but South Haven (3-3, 7-5) sped up the

game with its pressure to take control.

“Last time we played them, we didn’t have this zone pressure in,” South Ha-ven coach Jamin Olds said. “We switched to that about the second quarter and that really helped us. We got the

ball out of (Auston Rushing’s) hands, who is one of their best players.”

Coloma stayed close until South Ha-ven closed the third quarter on a 13-2 run to lead 47-33.

The Rams pushed their lead up to 17 points early in the fourth quarter on a breakaway dunk by

James Smith, who scored a team-high 23 points.

“James has really ma-tured as a kid and a ball player,” Olds said. “We’ve

South Haven boys, girls beat Coloma

See REDHAWKS, page B2

SH boys

68Coloma

57

SH girls

44Coloma

27

See RAMS, page B3

Lancer teams complete season sweep of St. Joseph

Detroit

98Denver

88

See LANCERS, page B2

Lakeshore boys

38St. Joseph

33

Lakeshore girls

60St. Joseph

43

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B2 – SATURDAY, February 7, 2015 SPORTS The Herald-Palladium

Saad overtime goal lifts Blackhawks

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Brandon Saad scored in overtime to help the Chicago Blackhawks snap a two-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night.

Patrick Kane also scored for the Blackhawks, while Corey Crawford made 20 saves.

Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets, who entered on an 0-4-1 skid since the All-Star break and were outscored 23-11 during that span. Winnipeg an-nouncede that Evander Kane, a healthy scratch in

Vancouver on Tuesday night, will undergo left shoulder surgery and be out of the lineup for four to six months.

English leads at Torrey Pines

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tiger Woods is gone from Torrey Pines, and Phil Mickelson joined him Fri-day by missing the cut.

In a tournament that quickly lost a big chunk of its star power, Harris Eng-lish played another bogey-free round for a 6-under 66 on the North Course to build a two-shot lead Fri-day in the Farmers Insur-ance Open.

IN BRIEF

Television today

7:45 a.m. English Premier League Soccer Tot-tenham Hotspur FC vs Arsenal FC. (Live)

10:00 a.m. Eng-lish Premier League Soccer Aston Villa FC vs Chelsea FC. (Live)

12:00 p.m. College Basketball Illinois at Michigan State. (Live)

College Basketball Tennessee at Georgia. (Live)

College Bas-ketball Creighton at St. John’s. (Live)

12:30 p.m. English Premier League Soccer Everton FC vs Liverpool FC. (Live)

1:00 p.m. College Basketball Notre Dame at Duke. (Live)

College Basketball Providence at Xavier. (Live)

PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Third Round. From Torrey Pines Golf Club in San Diego. (Live)

2:00 p.m. College Basketball Georgetown at Vil-lanova. (Live)

College Basketball Illinois State at Southern Illinois. (Live)

College Basketball Kansas at Oklahoma State. (Live)

College Basketball Texas-Arlington at Louisiana-Lafayette. (Live)

College Basket-ball VCU at St. Bonaventure. (Live)

2:30 p.m. Skiing World Alpine Championships: Men’s Downhill. From Vail, Colo. (Taped)

3:00 p.m. PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Third Round. From Torrey Pines Golf Club in San Diego. (Live)

College Basketball North Carolina at Boston College. (Live)

College Basketball Purdue at Minnesota. (Live)

LPGA Tour Golf Pure Silk Bahamas Classic, Third Round. (Live)

3:30 p.m. College Bas-ketball DePaul at Butler. (Live)

4:00 p.m. Figure Skating European Champion-ships. From Stockholm, Sweden. (Taped)

College Basketball Indiana State at Loyola-Chicago. (Live)

College Basketball Texas at Kansas State. (Live)

College Basketball Syracuse at Pittsburgh. (Live)

College Hockey Miami (Ohio) at Western Michi-gan. (Live)

College Bas-ketball St. Louis at Fordham. (Live)

4:30 p.m. College Basketball Arizona at Arizona State. (Live)

5:00 p.m. College Bas-ketball Drexel at College of Charleston. (Live)

5:30 p.m. College Basketball Northwestern at Wisconsin. (Live)

Horse Racing Jockey Club Racing Tour: (Live)

6:00 p.m. College Basketball Alabama at LSU. (Live)

Track and Field New Balance Indoor Games. (Live)

7:00 p.m. NBA Basket-ball Chicago Bulls at New Or-leans Pelicans. (Live)

Women’s College Bas-ketball Coastal Carolina at Liberty. (Live)

College Basketball Louisville at Virginia. (Live)

8:00 p.m. College Hockey Michigan State at Michigan. (Live)

College Basketball Drake at Northern Iowa. (Live)

College Basketball Missouri State at Wichita State. (Live)

NHL Hockey Detroit Red Wings at Arizona Coyotes. (Live)

9:00 p.m. College Basketball Kentucky at Florida. (Live)

10:00 p.m. NHRA Drag Racing Circle K Winter-nationals, Qualifying. (Same-day Tape)

Motorcycle Racing Monster Energy Supercross: San Diego. (Live)

11:30 p.m. College Basketball Gonzaga at San Francisco. (Live)

Sunday

7:00 a.m. English Premier League Soccer Burnley FC vs West Bromwich Albion FC. (Live)

9:00 a.m. English Premier League Soccer Newcastle United FC vs Stoke City FC. (Live)

11:15 a.m. Eng-lish Premier League Soccer West Ham United FC vs Man-chester United FC. (Live)

11:50 a.m. Women’s Soccer International Friendly: France vs. United States. From France. (Live)

12:00 p.m. Wom-en’s College Basketball Florida Atlantic at Texas-San Antonio. (Live)

12:30 p.m. NHL Hockey Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues. (Live)

1:00 p.m. College Basketball Michigan at Indi-ana. (Live)

NBA Basket-ball Los Angeles Clippers at Oklahoma City Thunder. City. (Live)

College Wrestling Iowa at Penn State. (Live)

Women’s College Basketball William & Mary at Hofstra. (Live)

PBA Bowling USBC Masters. From Green Bay, Wis. (Live)

PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round. From Torrey Pines Golf Club. (Live)

2:00 p.m. Women’s College Basketball Baylor at Texas. (Live)

2:30 p.m. Col-lege Basketball Rhode Island at Richmond. (Live)

3:00 p.m. PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round. From Torrey Pines Golf Club. (Live)

Skiing USSA Free-style Cup: Men’s Aerials. From Lake Placid, N.Y. (Taped)

NHL Hockey Phila-delphia Flyers at Washington Capitals. (Live)

LPGA Tour Golf Pure Silk Bahamas Classic, Final Round. (Live)

3:15 p.m. College Basketball Maryland at Iowa. (Live)

3:30 p.m. NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Cleveland Cavaliers. (Live)

3:55 p.m. Soccer International Friendly — United States vs Panama. From Carson, Calif. (Live)

4:00 p.m. Snow-boarding USSA Grand Prix: Halfpipe. From Mammoth Moun-tain, Calif. (Taped)

Women’s College Basketball Nebraska at Mary-land. (Live)

4:30 p.m. College Bas-ketball Washington at Oregon State. (Live)

5:00 p.m. Skiing World Alpine Championships: Women’s Super Combined. From Vail, Colo. (Live)

5:30 p.m. College Basketball Ohio State at Rut-gers. (Live)

6:00 p.m. NBA Basket-ball Chicago Bulls at Orlando Magic. (Live)

Women’s College Gymnastics Auburn at Ala-bama. (Taped)

NBA Basketball Minnesota Timberwolves at De-troit Pistons. (Live)

7:30 p.m. NHRA Drag Racing Circle K Winter-nationals. From Pomona, Calif. (Same-day Tape)

NHL Hockey Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins. (Live)

Radio today

NoonCollege basketball — Illinois at Michigan State (WCSY-FM, 103.7)7 p.m.NBA — Bulls at Pelicans (WMVP-AM, 1000)

Sunday

12:30 p.m.NHL — Blackhawks at Blues (WGN-AM 720)1 p.m.College basketball — Michi-gan at Indiana (WSJM-AM 1400)6 p.m.NBA — Bulls at Magic (WMVP-AM 1000)

AIRWAVES

GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCOREBOARDBRANDYWINE 59, NEW BUFFALO 34

BRANDYWINE (59)Makenna Hartline 5 5-8 16, Jaleesa Garner 4 0-1 8, Michaela Hartline 5 1-2 13, Makena Bowen 1 0-0 2, Emily Erwin 3 0-1 7, Rachel Szilagyi 2 2-2 6, Alyssa Bolen 1 0-0 3, Brooke Smith 2 0-0 4. Totals: 23 8-14 59NEW BUFFALO (34)Anna Bardusk 3 6-8 12, Ashli Drewes 4 0-2 8, Brittany Pappa 1 4-4 6, Olivia Smith 3 0-0 8. Totals: 11 10-14 34Brandywine 10 23 18 8 — 59New Buffalo 7 9 7 11 — 343-point goals — Brandywine 5 (Mi. Hartline 2, Ma. Hartline, Erwin, Bolen), New Buffalo 2 (Smith 2). Total fouls — Brandywine 15, New Buffalo 12. Technical fouls — none. Fouled out — none. Rebounds — Brandywine 28 (Smith 8), New Buffalo 32 (Pappa 13, Drewes 9). Assists — Brandywine 12 (Garner 4, Smith 3), New Buffalo 8 (Pappa 4). Steals — Brandywine 24 (Garner 9, Smith 5). New Buffalo 10 (Bardusk 3, Smith 3).Records — Brandywine 8-0 BCS West, 14-1 overall; New Buffalo 1-6, 2-11

PAW PAW 57, DOWAGIAC 14

DOWAGIAC (14)Taylor Hulett 3 0-0 6, Angel Parker 1 0-3 2, Jenesis Green 1 0-2 2, Rayven Brown 1 2-2 4, Vivi Lucio 0 0-3 0. Totals: 6 2-10 14 PAW PAW (57)

Sammy Wanders 1 0-0 2, Brooke Vantilburg 1 0-0 3, Kayli Bowen 2 0-0 4, Kaley Buck 2 0-0 4, Alexis Ball 1 1-2 3, Allison Baney 1 0-0 3, Chloe Salman 6 2-2 18, Brieann Davies 3 2-3 8, Rachel Cook 2 0-0 4, Makayla Bamhari 4 0-1 8. Totals: 23 5-8 57Dowagiac 6 2 4 2 — 14Paw Paw 19 17 12 9 — 573-point goals — Dowagiac none, Paw Paw 6 (Salman 4, Vantilburg, Baney). Total fouls — Dowagiac 9, Paw Paw 16. Technical fouls — none. Fouled out — none.Records — Dowagiac 2-6 Wolverine West, 3-11 overall; Paw Paw 8-0, 10-5.

GRACE CHRISTIAN 40, COUNTRYSIDE 33

COUNTRYSIDE (33)Mirelya Lopez 1 2-3 5, Shantel Thompson 5 0-2 10, Sam Carotenuto 1 0-0 2, Shaneil Smith 2 0-0 4, Danielle Bell 6 0-0 12. Totals: 15 2-5 33.GRACE CHRISTIAN (40)Caroline Miota 1 0-1 2, Ellen Miota 3 5-7 12, Francine Barchett 5 2-3 12, Rylie Hess 1 0-1 2, Bryer Hess 2 0-0 5, Julie Wilkinson 3 0-0 7, Liberty Nevins. Totals: Countryside 5 8 6 14 — 33Grace 4 15 14 7 — 403-point goals — Countryside 1 (Lopez), Grace 3 (B. Hess, E. Miota, Wilkinson). Total fouls — Countryside 16, Grace 8. Fouled out — none. Techncial fouls — none.Records — Countryside 0-7 Red Arrow, 0-7;

Grace 2-6, 3-8.

DECATUR 53, WATERVLIET 20

DECATUR (53)Lexi Cerven 6 0-0 13, Arianna Wilder 4 0-0 9, Lilly Cerven 4 0-2 8, Kendra Simcox 2 2-3 6, Mikayla Botti 1 0-2 2, Kailyn Ebeling 5 0-0 11, Brenda Gasca 2 0-0 4. Totals: 24 2-7 53 WATERVLIET (20)Casie Gohr 2 0-0 4, Katie Schultz 2 2-3 7, Jayden McMiller 1 0-0 2, Annessia Royna 1 0-0 3, Lexi Kielt 1 0-0 2, Kara Liles 0 0-2 0, Logan Mizwicki 0 2-2 2. Totals: 7 4-7 20Decatur 11 13 12 17 — 53Watervliet 4 9 1 6 — 203-point goals — Decatur 3 (L. Cerven, Wilder, Ebeling), Watervliet 2 (Schultz, Royna). Total fouls — Decatur 8, Watervliet 7. Technical fouls — none. Fouled out — none.Records — Decatur 8-1 SAC South, 14-2 overall; Watervliet 6-3, 9-7

BENTON HARBOR 59, PORTAGE CENTRAL 43

BENTON HARBOR (59)Juwana Young 5 3-4 14, Kalabrya Gondrezick 4 12-16 20, Sherry Walls 1 0-0 2, Shaniya Campbell 3 3-4 9, Dennee Brown 2 1-3 6, Grace Burke 0 0-2 0, Gabby Dortch 4 0-1 8. Totals: 19 19-32 59 PORTAGE CENTRAL (43)Taylor Coates 2 2-2 6, Lexi Hite 3 1-4 7, Andrea Nord 1 1-4 3, Shea Mulvany 4 5-6 13,

Broghan Gamble 4 0-0 8, Sierra Easter 1 0-2 2, Tyler Snyder 4 0-3 8, Aimee Van Walbeck. 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 9-19 43Benton Harbor 16 18 10 13 — 59Portage Central 7 14 10 12 — 433-point goals — Benton Harbor 2 (Young, Brown), Portage Central none. Total fouls — Benton Harbor 15, Portage Central 20. Technical fouls — none. Fouled out — Dortch (B), Van Walbeck (P). Records — Benton Harbor 5-2 SMAC West, 11-5 overall; Portage Central 0-7, 0-14.

LAWRENCE 37, HARTFORD 30

HARTFORD (30)Amara Wesaw 1 0-0 2, Mariah Mireles 4 1-2 10, Ally Sinclair 3 0-0 6, Tia Thomas 1 0-0 2, Monica Perez 2 0-0 5, Stephanie Scott 1 0-0 2, Riley 1 1-2 3. Totals: 13 2-4 30LAWRENCE (37)Lupita Nunez 0 0-1 0, Kaytlyn Tidey 1 0-0 3, Sam Brumley 3 0-0 6, Daelynn Jackson-Peek 4 10-14 18, Kenisha Carter 4 2-3 10. Totals: 13 12-18 37Hartford 6 7 7 10 — 30Lawrence 7 7 14 9 — 373-point goals — Hartford 2 (Mireles, Perez), Lawrence 1 (Tidy). Total fouls — Hartford 14, Lawrence 8. Technical fouls — Hartford bench. Fouled out — Wesaw (H). Records — Lawrence 7-2 SAC South, 11-5 overall; Hartford 3-5, 6-9.

Playing their biggest rival, however, brought out the best in St. Joseph (1-5 South-western Michigan Athletic Conference West, 6-7).

“The kids really bought in to what we were selling the last couple of days. Can’t ask any more from a group of guys,” St. Joseph coach Greg Blomgren said.

The Bears controlled the ball early, sometimes take over a minute before getting the look they wanted.

After a slow first half — Lakeshore led just 15-13 at the break — St. Joseph’s transition game opened things up.

The Bears outscored the Lancers 14-7 in the third and were paced by Mac Shimu-lunas’ 10 points in the quar-ter.

Shimulunas, usually a fix-ture in the starting lineup, came off the bench Friday night and scored a game-high 19 points.

“I just wanted to stay with the game, keep my head ready for when I went in and make sure I come out swing-ing when I get out there,” Shimulunas said.

A Shimulunas jumper put the Bears up seven, but the lead didn’t last.

Lakeshore’s Logan Steffes got a steal and a layup to end the third quarter to start the Lancer comeback.

Lakeshore (6-0 SMAC West, 13-1) then opened the fourth with a 7-0 run that was capped by a steal and dunk by Braden Burke to bring the Lancer crowd to its feet.

“If we could have that lit-tle stretch there back we would,” Blomgren said. “We didn’t handle their pressure very well during that stretch.”

The Bears didn’t get their first points in the quarter un-til the 3:30 mark on a pair of free throws from Shimulu-nas.

Jimmy Gathright respond-ed with a layup, then Burke hit a jumper and free throws carried the Lancers to the finish.

Burke led Lakeshore with 16 points, 11 of which came in the second half.

“We should have been giv-ing him the ball the whole first half, he should have got-

ten the ball a lot,” Schroeder said. “But for whatever rea-son, we have these games, like tonight, where the ball doesn’t go where it’s sup-posed to go and we rush shots.”

For most of the girls game, the two rivals were evenly matched. Lakeshore clung to a 34-33 advantage midway through the third quarter as the lead flipped on nearly ev-ery possession.

Then Carley Dubbert took control.

The Lakeshore senior scored 10 of her game-high 20 points from that point on to carry the Lancers to a win.

“It’s a high intensity game and nobody likes to lose this one,” Dubbert said. “I’ve lost against them and it doesn’t feel good, so I just wanted to make sure we got this one.”

“Rivalry games like this, many times, comes down to composure and I think Car-ley did that,” said Lakeshore coach Sydney Smallbone, whose team improves to 7-0 in the SMAC West and 13-2 overall.

From the point St. Jo-seph’s Robyn Priebe hit a layup to pull the Bears with-in one, Lakeshore outscored its hosts 26-10.

“I thought the effort was fantastic, a great battle, but I think their guard experience down the stretch ... kind of extended that lead for them,” St. Joseph coach Paul Bro-hman said.

The other Lancer guards were key as well.

Carley’s sister, Sarah Dub-bert, scored five, Lindsay Ebeling scored nine and Morgan Kaiser posted eight.

“They are willing to do the small things that it takes to win,” Smallbone said of her group of guards. “I think our whole team feeds off that group.”

Shelby Madison gave St. Joseph (4-3 SMAC West, 10-4) its largest lead during the second quarter at 24-20. Madison led St. Joseph with 13 points and Priebe scored 12.

LAKESHORE 38, ST. JOSEPH 33

LAKESHORE (38)Braden Burke 5 6-8 16, David Upton 1 0-1 2,

Gibson Archer 0 2-5 2, Rubin Conway 4 0-0 8, Jimmy Gathright 1 1-2 3, Logan Steffes 2 2-4 7. Totals: 13 11-20 38.ST. JOSEPH (33)Domoneke Mitchell 1 0-0 3, Javione Ballard 1 0-0 2, Mac Shimulunas 6 6-6 19, Samuel Szwabowski 4 1-2 9. Totals: 12 7-8 33.Lakeshore 7 8 7 15 — 38St. Joseph 6 7 14 6 — 333-point goals — Lakeshore 1, SJ 2. Total fouls — Lakeshore 12, SJ 18. Fouled out — Mitchell (SJ). Technical fouls — none. Rebounds — Lakeshore 19 (Burke 5, Gathright 5); SJ 22 (Szwabowski 8, Mitchell 5, Scramlin 4). Assists — Lakeshore 3, SJ 4 (Mitchell 3). Steals — Lakeshore 5, SJ 2. Blocks — Lakeshore 2 (Burke 2), SJ 3 (Shimulunas 2).Records — Lakeshore 6-0 SMAC West, 13-1; St. Joseph 1-5, 6-7.

LAKESHORE 60, ST. JOSEPH 43

LAKESHORE (60)Sarah Dubbert 1 3-4 5, Taylor Wagner 4 2-3 10, Carley Dubbert 8 3-4 20, Lindsay Ebeling 3 0-0 9, Morgan Kaiser 2 3-7 8, Morgan Shewmaker 4 0-0 8. Totals: 22 11-18 60.ST. JOSEPH (43)Haley Madison 2 0-0 4, Anna Fischer 2 0-0 4, Robyn Priebe 5 1-5 12, Shelby Madison 4 4-7 13, Dominique Thomas 2 0-0 4, Katie Algyre 2 0-0 4, Emily Morrow 1 0-0 2. Totals: 18 5-12 43.Lakeshore 11 15 18 16 — 60St. Joseph 10 14 12 7 — 433-point goals — Lakeshore 5 (Ebeling 3), SJ 2. Total fouls — Lakeshore 15, SJ 15. Fouled out — none. Technical fouls — none. Rebounds — Lakeshore 32 (Shewmaker 9, Wagner 8, C. Dubbert 5); SJ 26 (S. Madison 8, Morrow 6, Algyre 5). Steals — Lakeshore 13 (C. Dubbert 5, S. Dubbert 3, Wagner 3), SJ 3 (Fischer 2). Assists — Lakeshore 8 (C. Dubbert 4, S. Dubbert 3); SJ 4. Blocks — Lakeshore 3 (Shewmaker 2); SJ 3 (Priebe 2).Records — Lakeshore 7-0 SMAC West, 13-2; St. Joseph 4-3, 10-4.

Contact: abornheim@TheHP.com; 932-0370; @HPBornheim.

“Michael comes off the bench because he can spark us with his energy,” Schaffer said. “He can give us a lift when we are stuck in the mud.”

LMC closed the double-digit deficit quickly, but could not get any closer than four points until Micah Schaffer hit a 3-pointer to give LMC the lead.

Jackson answered with a three from Kesterson, but Montel Green rattled off six straight points to give the RedHawks the lead for good 64-59.

“Green is our X-factor on the team,” Schaffer said. “Whether he is guarding the other teams best offensive player or getting a key re-bound, he does what the team needs to get us the win. We would not be having the season we are having if it was not for him.”

Green finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds, and four steals.

The RedHawks had

chances to put the game away late, but went only 1-5 from the free throw line in the last minute, leaving the door open for Jackson.

LMC chose to foul late leading by three, sending Kesterson to the line with 3.7 seconds left.

He made the first and in-tentionally missed the sec-ond, but he also missed the rim giving the ball back to LMC.

Jackson came up with the steal, but could not get a shot off as LMC held on for the win.

“Our defensive effort and rebounding were night and day between the first half and the second,” Schaffer said.

LaBradford Sebree fin-ished with a team-high 15 points for the Red Hawks and Alec Brown added 14 points.

The LMC women trailed for all of 27 seconds Friday night.

The Jets took the quick 3-0 lead, but a 9-0 run by the RedHawks put LMC in control.

Jackson (5-5, 7-13) tried

to play zone against LMC and the RedHawks made them pay knocking down 13 3-pointers.

“When teams play zone against us, we can space the floor with two or three shooters,” LMC women’s coach Jason Cooper said. “Our girls did a nice job of finding the gaps to get open looks. We did a good job of finding each other and shar-ing the basketball.”

The lead continued to grow in the first half as Madison scored 14 of her game-high 23 points in the first half.

LMC led 45-24 at the break.

Jackson tried to mount a comeback in the second half, closing the gap to 15 points as LMC (9-2, 17-7) seemed to lose some of its rhythm on both ends of the floor.

LMC rebounded and be-gan to pull away.

The Red Hawks led by as many as 40 points at 80-40.

Cameron’s 23 points led four Red Hawks double dig-it scorers.

Sabrina Trujillo had 16 points, Jasmine Love added

11 points, and Shalay Ste-vens chipped in 10 points.

LMC WOMEN 86, JACKSON 47

JACKSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (47)Kennedi Showerman 2 0-0 4, Darci Mariott 6 0-0 17, Chelsy Hall 3 1-2 8, Teqwa’zah Terry 4 0-0 8, Paige Niciporek 2 0-0 4, Akana Bushinski 1 0-0 3, Danielle Maxson 0 1-3 1, Kim Buie 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 2-5 47LAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE (86)Shelby Frederick 0 2-2 2, Nicole Decker 2 2-2 6, Cameron Madison 9 0-0 23, Sabrina Trujillo 6 3-3 16, Jasmin Love 4 0-0 11, Tammy Lee 2 2-2 7, Shalay Stevens 4-4 10, Mallory Miller 1 0-0 2, Alexis Firovich 3 0-0 9. Totals: 30 13-13 86Halftime — LMC 45, Jackson 24. 3-point goals — Jackson 7 (Mar iot t 5 , Hal l , Bushinski), LMC 13 (Madison 5, Trujillo, Love 3, Lee, Firovich 3), Total fouls —Jackson 11, LMC 5, Fouled out — none, Technical fouls — none, Rebounds —Jackson 40 (Hall 13), LMC 43 (Decker 18, Stevens 17), Assists — Jackson 9 (Hall 2), LMC 21 (Lee 6)Records — Jackson 5-5, 7-13; LMC 9-2, 17-7

LMC MEN 70, JACKSON 68

JACKSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (68)Vernon Crump 1 0-0 2, Matt Bullinger 4 0-0 9, Ben Kesterson 7 3-4 24, Justen Ketchens 0 2-2 2, Alex Potter 8 2-3 19, Marques Robinson 1 0-0 2, Myles Lockridge 2 0-0 4, Rakeem Pressley 1 1-2 3, Trevor perkin 1 0-0 3. Totals: 25 8-11 68LAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE (70)Montel Green 6 2-4 14, Arsenio Arrington 3 4-5 10, Darrell Ivy 1 0-1 3, Alec Brown 5 1-2 14, LaBradford Sebree 6 0-3 15, Micah Schaffer 1 0-0 3, Kevion Morse 3 1-2 7, Jamare Washington 1 1-3 3. Totals: 26 10-22 70Halftime — Jackson 45, LMC 32. 3-point goals — Jackson 10 (Bullinger, Kesterson 7, Potter, Perkin), LMC (8 (Brown 3, Ivy, Sebree 3, Schaffer), Total fouls — Jackson 17, LMC 15, Fouled out — none, Technical fouls — none, Rebounds — Jackson 37 (Bullinger 13), LMC 30 Green 13), Assists — Jackson 17 (Ketchens 6), LMC 22 (Bush 9)Records — Jackson 6-6, 2-8; LMC 9-2 18-6

REDHAWKSFrom page B1

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St. Joseph’s Makenzie Arent fights for a loose ball against Lakeshore’s Morgan Kaiser during the second half of Friday’s game.

LANCERSFrom page B1