The Westwood Patriots basketball squad (Ishpeming, MI), was nudged 56-50 in Friday's league battle with the visiting Houghton Gremlins (Houghton, MI)

With the victory, Houghton advances its record to 7-2 on the year. The Gremlins host Calumet (Calumet, MI) to clash with the Copper Kings in a Western Peninsula outing on Tuesday, January 14. The Copper Kings come into the outing with a record of 3-4. Calumet lost 43-37 in their recent non-league outing against Baraga (Baraga, MI)

The Patriots (2-6) will now prepare for their outing against Iron Mountain (Iron Mountain, MI). The Mountaineers come into the non-league outing with a 2-7 record. In their last outing, Iron Mountain was nipped by Norway (Norway, MI), 57-53, in a league outing.