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ESCANABA---The Bay College Norse man's basketball team opened its season Friday night with a 106-60 win over the Minensota North-Hibbing Cardinals at the Bay College Gym. Bay jumped to a 16-2 lead and led, 55-26, at halftime. Jayden Brown scored a game-high 30 points in his Norse debut, with 21 of those points coming in the first half. Brown made 12 of 19 of his free throw attempts, which included a pair of slam dunks and a three-point basket.
Three other Norse players scored in double figures: Emerson Droubie and Damonte Duncan both had near double-doubles (14 points, nine rebounds; 14 points, eight rebounds, respectively). Kayden Travis chipped in eleven points off the bench.
Hibbing was led by Jaylen Haynes with 21 points and Justin Neubert added 18 points.
Thirteen different Norse players broke into the score column, and the Bay defense held the Cardinal offense to 36-percent shooting (28-percent in the first half).
Bay will be back on the court Saturday against Minnesota North-Itasca. The Vikings lost in Friday's early game to Montcalm Community College, 85-81. The Bay-Itasca game will be heard live on FM-106.3 starting at 4:00 Saturday afternoon.
