In Thursday's non-league outing, the Ishpeming Hematites (Ishpeming, MI) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Hancock Bulldogs (Hancock, MI), by a margin of 55-18.

The Hematites (5-0) will now prepare for their outing against Gwinn (Gwinn, MI). The Modeltowners go into the Mid-Peninsula outing with a 1-6 record. In their last outing, Gwinn was trounced by Munising (Munising, MI), 58-42, in a non-league outing.

The Bulldogs now own a 3-2 record. They play next when they travel to Dollar Bay for a non-league outing on Friday, January 5. Hancock will encounter a Bays squad coming off a 54-18 non-league loss to Ewen-Trout Creek (Ewen, MI). The Bays record now stands at 0-6.