Lady Vikings go 1-1 in the Upper Penisula

The Glen Oaks Community College women's basketball team traveled over the Mighty Mac for a weekend of hoops at Bay College's Terrace Bay Hotel Holiday Classic in Escanaba and finished 1-1. 

The Vikings ended the trip with a 58-51 victory against North Central Michigan Saturday after an 84-45 loss to Bay College Friday. 

Saturday
GOCC 58, North Central Michigan 51

Freshman Braylyn Hernandez led the Vikings with a 15-point effort and classmate Leigha Shudell tossed in 11. 

North Central Michigan held a 9-5 lead after the first quarter of play and went on an 8-0 run to start the second period to build a 12-point advantage. Jordyn Partee broke the offensive silence for Glen Oaks and a Shudell 3-pointer helped the Vikings stay within reach during a dry spell. North Central pushed the lead to 24-11 but GOCC hung around at the free throw line and made a couple buckets in the closing stretch of the first half, including a huge triple by Hernandez with 36 seconds remaining, to nearly close the gap. North Central would take a 26-24 lead into intermission. 

A Hernandez layup early in the third quarter tied things up, while layups by Partee and Shudell helped GOCC pull ahead 30-28. Zy'Asija Scott, who finished with nine points, hit a jumper, and Hernandez dropped a trio of jump shots to give the Vikings a 38-32 cushion. Hernandez finished the third quarter with a layup for a 41-38 lead. 

Scott, Shudell, Hernandez, Partee, Tayler Denton and Lockett all had field goals in the fourth frame to seal the victory. 

Partee finished with eight points, Denton and Jayla Parker-Vincent each had six, Lockett had two and Tracy Ackley added a free throw. Scott and Partee recorded seven and six steals, respectively, and Partee grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds. 

Friday
Bay College 84, GOCC 45

Tayler Denton led the Vikings with nine points after going 2-for-9 from the field, 1-for-4 from 3-point land and 4-for-5 at the foul line. Zy'Asija Scott, Jordyn Partee and Braylyn Hernandez each finished with six points, Kennedy Lockett chipped in five, and Lilly Hofmeister and Leigha Shudell each produced four. Jayla Parker-Vincent scored three points and Tracy Ackley had two. 

The Vikings shot 32.1 percent from the field and were 8-for-14 at the charity stripe, while Bay College made 34 of 74 attempts from the field (45.9 percent) and hit eight triples. Mckenzie Hoffmeyer paced Bay College with 18 points.