The Negaunee Miners (Negaunee, MI) basketball crushed the visiting Ishpeming Hematites (Ishpeming, MI), 63-42 in Friday's league test.

The Miners (13-4) will now prepare for their test against Gladstone (Gladstone, MI). The Braves go into the non-league test with a 5-9 record. In their last test, Gladstone was trounced by Kingsford (Kingsford, MI), 64-49, in a league test.

The Hematites now own a 8-8 record. They play next when they host Menominee for a non-league test on Tuesday, February 14. Ishpeming will encounter a Maroons squad coming off a 68-21 non-league win over Bark River-Harris (Harris, MI). The Maroons record now stands at 7-10.