Basketball Recap: Newaygo Beats Grant for Their Fifth Straight Win

Newaygo won the last time they faced Grant and things went their way on Friday too. The Newaygo Lions came out on top against the Grant Tigers by a score of 43-36. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Tigers are ranked 266th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

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Previous 5 Games

01/31/25 @ Grant	43-36
01/28/25 @ Ravenna	44-35
01/24/25 vs Reed City	36-25
01/17/25 @ Chippewa Hills	50-22
01/14/25 @ Kent City	37-31

The win (which was Newaygo's fifth in a row) raised their record to 11-2. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.8 points per game. As for Grant, they moved to 8-7 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

Newaygo has already played their next contest (against Hesperia), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Grant has also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against Fremont.