Basketball Recap: Mellen Piles Up the Points Against Mercer

Granite Diggers

Team Score

01/14/25 @ Mercer	87
12/13/24 vs Butternut	84
12/09/24 vs South Shore	83
01/09/25 @ Lac Courte Oreilles	80
12/27/24 vs Birchwood	79

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mellen). They blew past the Mercer Tigers, posting an 87-51 win. The Granite Diggers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matchups by 20 points or more this season.

Mellen's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 26.8 points. As for Mercer, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7.

Mellen has already played their next contest (against Three Lakes), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Mercer will welcome Bayfield at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bayfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 71.8 points per game this season.