Basketball Recap: Negaunee Beats Calumet for Their 16th Straight Victory

Miners

Previous Games

02/04/25 vs Calumet	37-31
01/28/25 @ Gladstone	45-28
01/24/25 @ Iron Mountain	67-28
01/17/25 vs Westwood	48-41
01/14/25 @ Gwinn	56-23
+ 11 more games

Negaunee put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They secured a 37-31 W over the Calumet Copper Kings. Given the Miners' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Copper Kings are ranked 175th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Negaunee's victory was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-0. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.6 points per game. As for Calumet, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-6.

Negaunee has already played their next contest (against Ishpeming), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Calumet has also has no score uploaded for their next match, this one against Escanaba.