The Hopkins girls’ varsity basketball squad bounced back from Tuesday’s heart-breaking loss to Plainwell and cruised to a 68-46 victory over O-K Silver Conference opponent Belding.

The Lady Vikings pushed their overall season record to 10-5 and they are 6-0 and in first place in the league standings. The loss to Plainwell ended their eight-game winning streak that stretched back to Dec. 12.

Hopkins wasted no time in establishing control of this contest, shooting out to a 22-12 advantage in the opening quarter and they were up 39-23 at intermission.

Hopkins was led by senior center Meghan Schulz with 22 points, senior forward Mikayla Bulich contributed 21 and junior guard Kennedy Helderop counted 13.