LocalSportsJournal.com
GRANT–The Grant Tigers girls basketball team pulled out a 52-42 win over in-county rival, the Newaygo Lions on Friday evening.
It was a struggle for Grant as Newaygo was within striking distance all night, and even held a second half lead, as the Tigers played without head basketball coach Josh Delamater who was serving a one game suspension for having been ejected from an earlier contest in the week against Montague.
Grant ended up with a 10-6 lead after the first quarter of action and extended that lead to 27-16 by the halftime break.
Newaygo had their best quarter of the year in the third period as outscored the Tigers 23-9 and went into the fourth quarter with a 39-36 lead looking for the upset win.
The Tigers defense and offense came up big in the final eight minutes of action.
Grant outscored Newaygo 16-3 in the fourth quarter to squash the Lions upset bid.
Julie Ashbaugh led Grant with a game high 18 points and 8 rebounds Jayci Hance tossed in 17 points to go along with six deflections and three steals. Jocee Pluene chipped in with 10 points.
