01/14/14 Negaunee, Michigan– Carl Johnson the voice of the Negaunee Miners and his partner Jesse Anderson were in Negaunee, Michigan tonight to bring you play by play basketball action as the Negaunee Miners Girls Basketball team hosted the L’Anse Purple Hornets on Sunny.FM.
The Negaunee Miners won the tip off tonight and scored the first point of the game against the L’Anse Purple Hornets. L’Anse Purple Hornets are quick to gain a basket to tie the score 2-2. L’Anse Purple Hornets took the lead early in this quarter 4-2. The Negaunee Miners took the lead halfway through the quarter with a score of 7-6 against the L’Anse Purple Hornets. The Negaunee Miners maintained the lead for the rest of the quarter, leading the L’Anse Purple Hornets 16-9.
The Negaunee Miners were on fire and took a double digit lead early in the second quarter 22-11 against the L’Anse Purple Hornets. With 3 minutes left in the game the Negaunee Miners Girls Basketball team maintained an eleven point lead 25-14. The L’Anse Purple Hornets started to tightened the score against the Negaunee Miners late in the second quarter, but the Negaunee Miners maintained the lead against the L’Anse Purple Hornets 28-20 to end the second quarter.
The L’Anse Purple Hornets are first to score in the third quarter and gained two baskets and trailed by 4 only points against the Negaunee Miners 28-24. The Negaunee Miners struggled a against the L’Anse Purple Hornets early in the quarter and the score was 32-30. Negaunee Miners rallied midway through the quarter and furthered their lead 41-33 against the L’Anse Purple Hornets. This quarter ended with the Negaunee Miners leading 44-35 against the L’Anse Purple Hornets in Negaunee, Michigan on Sunny.FM.
The Negaunee Miners were first to score in the fourth quarter and maintained a good lead in the early minutes of play against the L’Anse Purple Hornets 44-39. Halfway through the quarter the L’Anse Purple Hornets started to gain points on the Negaunee Miners to make it a 3 point game 44-41. This basketball game ended with the Negaunee Miners Girls winning by a one point, as sophomore Courtney Finnila hit two free throws with three seconds left to give the Miner girls a 50-49 edge against the L’Anse Purple Hornets on Sunny.FM. Leading the way for the Miners victory was Rosalie Anderson (16 points), Ashley Tresedder (15 points), and Courtney Clickner (12 points).
The Negaunee Miners Girls defeat the L’Anse Purple Hornets, in Negaunee, Michigan.
Join Carl Johnson the voice of the Negaunee Miners, Thursday January 16th, 2014 as he travels to Norway, Michigan to bring you exciting basketball action as the Negaunee Miners Boys Basketball team go up against the Norway Knights. Pre-game will start around 7:30pm on Sunny.FM.
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