The Big Bay de Noc Black Bears basketball team (Cooks, MI), was nudged 43-36 in Saturday's league battle with the host Maplewood Baptist Academy Black Bears (Kinross, MI)

The Black Bears now sport a 17-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Tournament Team for a non-league battle on Monday, March 4. Maplewood Baptist Academy will battle a team coming off a 63-31 non-league loss to Winston-Salem Christian National (Winston-Salem, NC). The record now stands at 10-20.

The Black Bears (16-3) will now prepare for their battle against Mackinac Island (Mackinac Island, MI). The Lakers come into the non-league battle with a 10-6 record. In their last battle, Mackinac Island edged Nah Tah Wahsh (Wilson, MI), 47-30, in a non-league battle.