The Manistique Emeralds's recent rough patch got a bit rougher  on Tuesday after their fourth straight  defeat. They received a tough blow  as they fell  52-35 to Gladstone. The  loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Manistique in their matchups with Gladstone: they've now lost four in a row.
  Lillie Johnson continued  her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Gladstone,  dropping  a triple-double on 32 points, 21  rebounds,  and 11  steals. That makes it five consecutive games in which  Johnson has scored at least a third of Gladstone's points. The team also got some help courtesy of  Addy Blowers, who  scored nine points along with five  assists.
 Manistique has  not been sharp recently as the team has  lost seven of their last eight matches,  which put a noticeable dent in their 7-9 record  this season. As for Gladstone, they pushed their record up to 11-6 with that  win, which was their seventh straight  at home.
 Manistique will head out on the road to  take on  Ishpeming at 7:15  p.m.  on Tuesday. Manistique will have to bring their A-game into this one,  as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Michigan Rankings (they are ranked 354th, while Ishpeming is ranked 13th). As for Gladstone, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next  match, a  64-19  victory vs. Gwinn on the 15th.
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