Lady Wildcats come up big in OT to halt slump

The best cure for a slump is a breakout performance in the opposite direction. Such was the case Tuesday night for the Wayland girls’ basketball team, which stunned current O-K Gold runner-up West Catholic, 60-57 in overtime.

Junior guard Marissa Ainsworth turned in a career best effort, canning four three-point field goals and scoring 30 points. Laney Wolf also had a quality outing, dropping in a couple of threes and scoring 14 points.

But perhaps the biggest positive surprise effort came from freshman Madison Bumhoffer, who did not score, but came off the bench and came up with key turnovers and stellar defense.

Customary scoring leader Addie Sikorski pumped in seven points.

The two teams were tied at 47-all at the end of regulation, paving the way for clutch free throw shooting by Wolf and Ainsworth.

The victory propelled the Lady Wildcats’ overall season record to 11-5.

Hopkins girls need 1 win to clinch share of Silver

Hopkins defeated Comstock Park 54-47 Tuesday night to move within one win of clinching a share of the O-K Silver basketball title.

Claire Brenner led the way with a career-high 16 points, followed by Cora Hall with 14. The Vikings are

15-3 overall and 12-1 in league play, tied with Grandville Calvin Christian.

Wayland boys 55 West Catholic 52

It was the Wildcats third consecutive win and the second over the Falcons this month.

Wayland now owns an overall record of 7-13 for the season.

Kalamazoo Christian boys 82 Martin 44

The Clippers were outmanned by a very powerful Comets’ quintet. Their record sank to 5-16 overall.

Schoolcraft girls 42 Martin. 26

The Lady Clippers suffered their second straight loss this week and their overall season record fell to 8-9. School craft is regarded as one of the best Division 4 teams in southwest Michigan.