The No. 12 Northern Michigan Wildcats battled, but fell at No. 1 Grand Valley State 70-47 on Thursday night at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena. Grand Valley, the defending national champions, got 11 points, six rebounds, and six assists from Escanaba High School graduate Nicole Kamin. Kamin crossed the 1,000 point mark for her GVSU career earlier this season. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team dropped a road contest to Davenport, 63-51, for a series split at the Davenport Student Center on Thursday. Kendall Standfest led the team with 15 points and six rebounds as Alyssa Wypych also reached double-figure scoring with 13 points. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Athletics photo)
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 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 Northern Michigan University women's basketball team made 15 three-point baskets on Saturday and beat the Wayne State Warriors, 91-71, at Vandament Arena. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments from Coach Casey Thousand.
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 Northern Michigan Wildcats women's basketball team handled the Purdue Northwest Pride 94-54 on Thursday night at Vandament Arena. Northern controlled the glass in historic fashion, outrebounding the Pride 53-22. It is their largest rebound margin since Nov. 25, 2012, when they also outrebounded Urbana by 31. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
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 Michigan Tech women's basketball team bounced back from last weekend with a 59-40 decision over Saginaw Valley State at the James E. O'Neill Arena on Thursday afternoon. The Huskies' defense was stifling, holding Saginaw Valley State to under 30% from the field and 13.6 from 3-point land (3-22). Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech story, photo)
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.
After battling to gain traction throughout the game, the NMU Wildcats women's basketball team fell to the Ferris State Bulldogs 70-52, Monday night, at Vandament Arena. FSU controlled the scoreboard for all 40 minutes, taking a 26-point lead and holding off a Wildcat rally in the second half. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
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 women's basketball team finished the non-conference portion of its schedule Wednesday night, beating the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats from suburban Milwaukee, 75-48. The Norse had four players score in double figures as the team enters conference play with an 11-3 record. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews,
The Escanaba High School girls JV and varsity basketball teams are recovering after a harrowing experience after its games Tuesday night in Marquette. The bus carrying both teams was on its way home when it got into sudden icy conditions on Highway M-553 near the Marquette County Fairgrounds. The crash that followed is going to be felt for a long time. Click the above headline for details, videos, interviews.
Gladstone High School senior Lillie Johnson made Braves basketball history Tuesday night, passing Reece Castor for the all-time scoring record for the school, both boys and girls. Johnson, passed Castor's 1802 career points, and then some, as the Braves beat the Westwood Patriots, 51-30. Johnson scored 27 points in the victory. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
A scary moment late Tuesday night for the Escanaba High School girls basketball team, as the team returned home after its game against the Marquette Sentinels in Marquette. The team's bus slid on extremely icy roads and flipped onto its side along Highway M-553 near the Marquette County Fairgrounds at 9:25 Tuesday night, according to the Marquette County Sheriff's Department. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team rallied but lost to Macomb County Community College, 80-69, on Saturday, after cruising to a win over the host SC4 Skippers, 64-52, Friday night. Click the above headline for details on Saturday's game, and to see videos and hear interviews.
Trailing by 20 points early in the fourth quarter, No. 12 Northern Michigan mounted a furious late rally, using a 16-2 run to pull within six points with two minutes remaining, but No. 1 Grand Valley State converted when it mattered most down the stretch to secure a 78-66 victory on Saturday at Vandament Arena. Click the above headline to hear comments from Coach Casey Thousand. (NMU Photo)
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team saw a career-high 24 points from junior Alyssa Wypych as Janie Tormanen recorded a double-double in a 71-65 team effort win over Davenport at the SDC Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Athletics_
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team cruised past the St. Clair Community College Skippers, 64-52, Friday night, as the Skippers New Years Holiday Classic got started. Click the above headline for a recap, and to hear interviews.
After more than two weeks off during the holiday break, the No. 12 Northern Michigan Wildcats didn't skip a beat, defeating the Davenport Panthers 73-46 on Friday afternoon. Jacy Weisbrod surpassed 1,000 career points in the victory, becoming just the 29th player in program history to reach one of basketball's most coveted milestones. Click the above headline for more details.
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team trailed No. 1 nationally-ranked Grand Valley State by seven-points with one quarter to play, but ultimately fell to the Lakers 73-53 inside the SDC Gymnasium on Friday afternoon. Sophomore standout Ella Mason of Negaunee netted her fourth 20-point outing of the season to lead the Huskies. Click the above headline for more details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (MTU Photo)
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team finished the 2025 portion of its schedule on Saturday with another easy victory, beating the St. Cloud Technical & Community College Cyclones, 85-54, in Minnesota. The result improved Bay's record to 9-2 on the season heading into the Christmas break. Click the above headline for details.
Jacy Weisbrod buried four of her eight triples in the first five minutes on her way to a career-high 33 points, helping guide the No. 14 Wildcats to an 83-77 victory over Northwood on Wednesday night. Click the above headline for details, videos, interviews. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team cruised to a pair of home wins over the weekend, beating the Glen Oaks Community College Vikings, 84-45, Friday night, then topping the Milwaukee Area Technical College Stormers, 87-53. The result moved Bay's record to 8-2 overall, with one more game to play in 2025. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team split a pair of games in the Chicago suburbs this weekend, losing a heartbreaking 68-67 decision to the Oakton College Owls Friday afternoon, and then bouncing back for a dominating 86-46 win over the McHenry College Scots on Saturday. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team coughed up a 16-point lead in the fourth quarter, but fought back to post a 83-82 win over Roosevelt University Saturday evening in suburban Chicago. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. Also click to hear postgame comments from NMU Coach Casey Thousand and to see RRN video highlights.
The Bay College women's basketball team completed a series sweep of its Upper Peninsula rivals, the Gogebic Community College Samsons, 92-71, Thursday night in Ironwood. The 22nd-nationally-ranked Norse trailed, 20-19, after the first quarter, but pulled away to an eight-point lead at halftime and gradually built on that in the second half. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team suffered its first loss of the 2025-26 season Sunday evening, falling to the Lake Region State College (N.D.) Royals, 75-74, inside the Hudson Arena at Hamline University. The Norse led for much of the game, including a nine-point lead at 59-50 in the third quarter, but went cold from the floor in the fourth quarter, scoring only seven points. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
After four quarters and a five-minute overtime session in Thursday's home opener, the No. 15 Northern Michigan women's basketball team took down the St. Cloud State University Huskies 77-69 in a back-and-forth thriller. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments from NMU Coach Caeey Thousand.
