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The Shelby girls basketball team earned a West Michigan Conference win, defeating North Muskegon 46-37 on Tuesday night.

The Tigers maintained the advantage early, leading 11-2 in the first and 22-8 at the half. Shelby was outscored 14-12 in the third quarter.

Kendall Zoulek paced the Tigers with 14 points while Lexi Schultz added 13.

The Norse were led by Chandler Falkowski, who recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds while Josee Cooke added seven points.

Shelby is now 8-5 overall and 6-3 in conference play. North Muskegon fell to 3-9 overall and 2-7 in conference play.

WHITEHALL 45, RAVENNA 31 – The Vikings led 8-6 after the first quarter and 22-18 at halftime. Whitehall went on a 10-8 third quarter run to enter the final stanza with a 32-26 advantage.

The Bulldogs were led by Haley Lemkie, Ana Postema and Emily Crowley with nine points apiece. Laney Mabrito pulled down 13 rebounds for Ravenna.

MONTAGUE 50, OAKRIDGE 39 – The Wildcats held a 21-14 lead at the half, and extended the lead to 11 by the final buzzer.

Montague was led by Allison Hall with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Braquelle Osborne added 12 points and six rebounds.

The Eagles were paced by Kyla Stewart with ten points. Macy Whipple had an impressive defensive outing with four points along with eight steals and seven rebounds.

Montague improved to 10-3 overall and 7-2 in conference, while the Eagles moved to 2-11 overall and 2-7 in league play.

HART 39, MASON COUNTY CENTRAL 16 – The conference-leading Pirates picked up their eighth conference win.

After the first quarter, Hart only held a two-point advantage at 9-7 before increasing its lead to 15-10 at halftime.

The Pirates took complete control in the second half, scoring 24 points while holding the Spartans to only six points.

Hart was led by Rylee Noggle with 10 points while Nicole Rockwell added eight.

The Spartans were led by Rachel Miller with four points and four assists.

Hart improved to 13-1 overall and 8-1 in conference while the Spartans dropped to 3-10 overall and 1-8 in conference.