After losing to Utica the last time they met, L'Anse Creuse North decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The L'Anse Creuse North Crusaders enjoyed a cozy 50-34 victory over the Utica Chieftains on Wednesday. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 79th, while the Chieftains are ranked 425th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Several Chieftains players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Hayden Hirmiz, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds. That was a full 35.3% of Utica's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Caston Rissman, who had nine points in addition to five assists and five boards.
L'Anse Creuse North has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Utica, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-8.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. L'Anse Creuse North has already played their next contest (against Romeo), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Utica will venture away from home to square off against Utica Eisenhower at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Utica Eisenhower has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 3-0 during that stretch of close contests.
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