Monday Hoops

In boys action tonight, Akron-Fairgrove picked up their first win of the season by a score of 51-46 over winless Caseville. Josh Repkie led the Vikings with 20 points. The win moves Akron-Fairgroves record to 1-6 overall and 1-5 in the NCTL-North.

In another first, Reese suffered it's first defeat of the season to the Bearcats of Ubly by a score of 56-48. Josh Pickell led the Rockets with 13 points. The Rockets move to 5-1 overall. Reese has yet to play a conference game. Their first will be Friday night's Game of the Week on Mix 92.1, as the Rockets play host to USA.

In Tri-Valley action, Caro used some great free-throw shooting down the stretch to pull away, as they defeated Millington 62-50. Caro was 11-12 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter. Andrew LaPointe led Caro with 17 points, four rebounds and three assists. RJ Fritz contributed 16 points and 13 rebounds, while Michael Greene added 15 points. Millington was led by Michael Tisdale's 15 points, while Matt Berlin contributed 14 points and 14 rebounds. Tyler Reinert added 11 for the Cardinals. The win moves Caro to 6-3 overall and 3-1 in the TVC-East, which is good for second place. The Cardinals fall to 2-6 and 0-4 in the conference.

In girls action, Millington erased an early 15-4 deficit to defeat Caro 48-33. Millington's Kayla Doshier scored all of her game-high 16 points in the first half. Jamie Frahm also contributed 12 for the Lady Cardinals. Amanda Ellis led the Lady Tigers with 10 points. The win improves Millington's record to 5-4 overall and 3-2 in the TVC-East. The loss drops Caro to 2-8 and 1-4 in league play.

Vassar used a 21-5 run in the middle two quarters to outpace Deckerville by a score of 46-34. Kayla Verbeek led the way for the Vulcans with 13 points and seven rebounds. Allie McClenathen contributed 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Jessica Hecht scored 10. The win improves Vassar's record to 5-4.

Comments

Anonymous said…
GRRRRREAT job Tigers!! Keep taking care of business!
Jan 20, 2009, 11:19:00 AM
Anonymous said…
looks like UBLY is the team to beat!
Jan 20, 2009, 1:56:00 PM
Christian Selich said…
Should be a good game when Ubly plays Brown City.
Jan 20, 2009, 2:50:00 PM
Anonymous said…
next wednsday is the showdown at UBLY
Jan 20, 2009, 6:42:00 PM
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