The Bay College Norse women's basketball team had its most successful season in program history come to an end on Sunday with a loss in the NJCAA Region 12 championship game at the Ballenger Fieldhouse in Flint. The Norse lost to the nation's second-ranked team, the undefeated Schoolcraft College Ocelots, 82-60. The Bay ladies kept the game as close as they could for as long as they could, but Schoolcraft's deep roster proved to be too much to overcome. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team was down-and-out several times in the second half of Friday's NJCAA Region 12 semifinal game against Grand Rapids Community College, but bounced back each time and pulled out a dramatic 57-55 victory at the Ballenger Fieldhouse. The result moved the Norse into Sunday's regional championship game against the second-ranked team in the country, the Schoolcraft Ocelots. Click the above headline for details. photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had its season come to an end on Thursday, falling to the Lansing Community College Stars, 81-64, in the NJCAA Region 12 tournament semifinals in Flint. The Norse had beaten Kirtland Community College in the quarterfinals 36 hours earlier, 98-57. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team jumped to a quick 18-2 lead and rolled to a 100-45 win over the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks in the NJCAA Region 12 quarterfinals Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
On a night when dozens of "Beat Bay" shirts were sold at the Morey Courts in Mt. Pleasant, the Bay College Norse men's basketball team stunned the eighth-ranked team in the country, the Mid Michigan Lakers, 88-85, an an intense playoff-style game Tuesday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College women's basketball team closed the regular season Tuesday night with an 89-72 loss to the Mid Michigan College Lakers. It was a game between two nationally-ranked teams, with the Lakers ranked 13th in the national poll and the Norse ranked 24th. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had to work hard on Sunday to get past the Kirtland Community College Firebirds, 87-83, on a neutral court at Delta College in Saginaw. The game was played there because of two weather-related postponements last week that prevented the teams from meeting in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see details, photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team cruised to another road victory on Sunday, beating the Kirtland College Firebirds, 96-48, on a neutral court at Delta College in Saginaw. The game was played there because of two weather-related postponements last week that prevented the teams from meeting in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team clamped down on defense and nailed 16 triples on offense Saturday in a 92-65 win over the Delta College Pioneers on Saturday in Saginaw. The Norse held the nation's leading scorer, Sir'Real Smith, to 15 points, and Bay freshman Emerson Droubie drained seven three-pointers as the Norse locked up the second seed in the MCCAA playoff race. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team faced a stiff challenge on Saturday from the Delta College Pioneers, but pulled out a 90-83 win to start a three-game, five-day road trip below the Mackinac Bridge. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team kept pace in the MCCAA North conference race on Saturday with a 90-56 win over the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks in Escanaba. The win keeps the 24th-ranked Norse one game behind the 15th-ranked Mid Michigan College Lakers, who also won on Saturday. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team jumped to a 13-0 lead on Saturday and rolled to a 93-68 win over the Muskegon Community Jayhawks at the Bay College Gym. The win moved the Norse into second place in the MCCAA standings after last-place Alpena stunned Montcalm. It was Alpena's first win of the season while Montcalm fell to third place in the standings. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team kept pace in the MCCAA North Conference standings Wednesday night with a 98-45 win over the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks in Alpena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team came from behind to beat the Montcalm Community Centurions on Saturday, 59-48, in western Lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and to see photos, video highlights.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team shook off a slow start on Saturday and cruised to a 96-54 win over the Montcalm Community College Centurions in western lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketbball team rolled to a 96-38 win over the North Central Michigan College Timberwolves Wednesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College men's basketball team battled hard on Saturday, but lost to the first-place Mid Michigan College Lakers, 87-66, at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos and video highlights, and to hear post-game comments from Coach Matt Johnson.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team used a tough full-court press to cause multiple turnovers, and turned those turnovers into points, in an 85-41 rout of the Kirtland Community College Firebirds Wednesday night in Grayling. The win sets up a showdown this Saturday against Mid Michigan, with both teams still undefeated in conference play. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team lost to the Kirtland Community College Firebirds, 69-62, Wednesday night in Grayling. It marks the first time Bay has ever lost to Kirtland, and it was a performance that Coach Matt Johnson called "embarrassing" after the game. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team stayed atop the MCCAA North Conference standings on Saturday with a 103-53 win over the Delta College Pioneers out of Saginaw. The game was very physical, but the Norse pushed through the multiple fouls and stoppages to improve to 16-3 on the season. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team pulled out an intense 89-84 win over the Delta College Pioneers Saturday afternoon, as the Norse fended off an offensive onslaught from the Saginaw-area team in the second half. Click the above headline for details, videos, interveiws.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team led from wire-to-wire and beat the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks, 119-40, in an MCCAA North Conference game Wednesday night in Escanaba. The Norse outscored the Lumberjacks, 38-3, in the second quarter to effectively put the game away with a 62-14 halftime lead. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and post-game comments.
The Bay College Men's Basketball Team led for most of the game on Wednesday evening, but weren't able to pull away until the second half as they took down the Lumberjacks of Alpena Community College, 83-69. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team stayed undefeated in games away from Escanaba, leading for almost the entire game on Saturday in beating the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks, 71-45, in Muskegon. Click the above headline for details, interviews, photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team cruised past the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks, 77-60, on Saturday, to stay unbeaten in conference games. After leading just 19-15 after the first quarter, the Norse clamped down on defense in the second quarter. Bay allowed just six points in those ten minutes, while scoring 23 points of their own to build 42-21 halftime lead that was never reduced. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team played strong defense Wednesday night, but struggled on offense, before pulling away late in the game to beat the North Central Michigan College Timberwolves, 64-40, in Petoskey. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team jumped to a 36-9 lead after the first quarter and cruised past the North Central Michigan College Timberwolves, 95-35, Wednesday night in Petoskey. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team suffered another loss on the home court Saturday, falling to the Montcalm Community College Centurions, 71-54, in the MCCAA North Conference opener. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and to hear interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team rolled to an easy victory in its MCCAA North Conference opener on Saturday, overwhelming the Montcalm Community College Centurions, 113-48, at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team got off to a hot start Wednesday night, racing to a 15-point lead against the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats. But the visitors from suburban Milwaukee took over from there, beating the Norse, 82-64, in Escanaba. It was the final non-conference game of the season for Bay, which enters conference play with an 11-3 record. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos, and to hear interviews.