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Saturday April 20, 2024

Big First Half Leads Escanaba Girls Past Negaunee

ESCANABA---The Escanaba High School girls basketball team rolled to a 19-point lead in the first half and cruised to a 61-51 win over the Negaunee Miners Wednesday night in Escanaba. The win avenged a 55-52 loss to the Miners on December 9 in Negaunee.

Escanaba led, 19-9, after the first quarter, and then rolled to a 29-10 lead midway through the second quarter.

The Miners scored eight straight points to get to within 29-18, and trailed at halftime, 31-18. Negaunee never got closer than ten points in the second half.

Escanaba's Michelle LaFave drives the lane and scores

Michelle LaFave scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the Eskymos. Fellow senior Sam Connor celebrated her 18th birthday by scoring 14 points.

Courtney Clickner led Negaunee (4-11) with 14 points.

Negaunee won Wednesday night's junior varsity game, 53-30.

With the varsity victory, Escanaba improved to 3-10 on the season. The Eskymos began a five-game homestand. They will host Iron Mountain Friday night.

Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box to see photos and videos from Wednesday night's game.