Northern Michigan Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They took a 62-44 bruising from the Pine River Area Bucks. While losing is never fun, the Comets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 606th, while the Bucks are ranked 117th).
Mason Gugle was his usual excellent self, going 8 of 12 on his way to 21 points for Pine River Area. Gugle has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Stone Walker, who posted eight points and 13 boards.
Northern Michigan Christian's loss dropped their record down to 3-12. As for Pine River Area, their win bumped their record up to 10-2.
Northern Michigan Christian has already played their next match (against Beal City), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Pine River Area will head out to take on Roscommon at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Pine River Area is facing Roscommon at the right time seeing as Roscommon is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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