Basketball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for L'anse

Purple Hornets

Margin (Wins)

12/18/24 vs Watersmeet	62
01/10/25 vs Bessemer	53
02/07/25 vs Dollar Bay	45
02/06/25 vs Dollar Bay	45
01/23/25 @ Ontonagon	45

With a playoff win on the line, L'Anse rose to the challenge on Thursday. They beat the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 81-47. The Purple Hornets have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 contests by 27 points or more this season.

The victory (which was L'Anse's third in a row) raised their record to 18-6. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.3 points over those games. As for Lake Linden-Hubbell, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-8.

As of now, neither L'Anse nor Lake Linden-Hubbell have any future games scheduled.