Tuesday Hoop Round Up

Devils notch 14th win, Lions fall in final minute, Cloud & Hespo come up short

Morley Stanwood 51 Newaygo 48
Morley Stanwood was able to pull out the tight victory over visiting Newaygo.  The score went back and forth with Morley pulling ahead in the 3rd quarter before  Bryce Grugett was able to knock down two big threes to close the gap.  The Lions finally took the lead with under one minute to play but  the hosts moved back in front and held on.  
Josiah Long and Bryce Decker hit for 11 points apiece while Remy Wells and Grant Harkness each posted 8.
The Lions are off until next week Wednesday when they travel to Sparta to open District play against Fremont.

Holton 43 MCC 22
The Red Devils look to be gearing up for Districts as they collected their third win in a row by nearly doubling up their Crusader visitors.
Hilton took a 5 point lead after one and hit the lockers for a 10 point advantage at the break. The second half belonged to the Devs as they went on a 13-3 run in the third and coasted to the win.
Coach Swanson: “The guys came out and played a good game tonight.  It was the last home game for our seniors and I'm glad they could go out with a performance they can be proud of.”
Wyatt Monette fired in 21 points and grabbed a half dozen boards, Kevin Ericson knocked down 10 points and Brett Hosmer hit for 7. Austin Fowler set the table with 5 assists.
The RD’s wind up their regular season with a road game in Grant Thursday.
 
Tri County 73 White Cloud 56
The host Vikings matched their second highest offensive output of the season as they finished off their regular season schedule with a win over the Cloud
Coach Jones: “Offensively we are playing pretty well, it's our defense that has been letting us down lately. We will need to shore that up if we want to make any noise in the postseason.”
Taylor Bode finished with  a game high 21 points, while Jared Watson hit for 14 and Kevin Strait knocked down 13. 
WC finishes their regular season schedule Thursday when they visit Hart.

Baldwin 62 Hesperia 28
Cat fight! 
It was Panthers vs. Panthers in this one and the Baldwin version who came in having won 10 of their last 11 had their streak continue with a win over the Hesperia version.
Coach Worcester: “Tonight’s game was overall ugly on all ends of the court. Shot opportunities were there but we could not capitalize on our opportunities. We did not do a great job of slowing Baldwin’s transition offense down. A lot can be said about tonight’s game, however our goal is to make adjustments and plan for Shelby on Thursday.”
Maddox Mosley led Hesperia with 11 points.