Highlight Reel: Girls Basketball Finals
March 19, 2016
The 2015-16 girls basketball season came to a close Saturday night at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, where four first-time champions were crowned.
Here are some highlights from the Finals. Click on the score to watch the game in its entirety and order DVDs:
Class A – Warren Cousino 67, Detroit Martin Luther King 65
Kelly In Transition - Micaela Kelly of Detroit Martin Luther King led all scorers in the Class A Final with 34 points, including this basket in transition after a Warren Cousino miss.
Class B – Marshall 51, Grand Rapids South Christian 42
Vander Last-Second Hoop - Markayla Vander of Grand Rapids South Christian led all scorers in the Class B Final against Marshall with 16 points, including this last-second basket to end the first half.
Transition Hoop For Tucker - Marshall built a 14-point lead midway through the third quarter on this fastbreak basket by Nicole Tucker, who had eight points.
Class C – Ypsilanti Arbor Prep 53, Traverse City St. Francis 37
Steal & Score - Ypsilanti Arbor Prep led all the way in the Class C Final against Traverse City St. Francis. Here's a steal to start the second half that turns into a basket for Cydney Williams.
Lyman Leads Glads - Annie Lyman of Traverse City St. Francis led all scorers in the Class C Final with 15 points, two coming on this layup in the third quarter.
Class D – Pittsford 48, Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart 30
Clark Steals & Scores - Late in the first half of the Class D Final, Pittsford's Maddie Clark makes the steal and takes it in for a basket. Clark had 23 points and 10 rebounds in the game.
Eagle-Eyed Scout - Keeping Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart in the game early with her 3-point shooting was freshman guard Scout Nelson, who led the Irish with nine points.
PHOTO: Grand Rapids South Christian and Marshall played in front of one of the weekend's largest crowds during Saturday's Class B Final. (Click to see more at HighSchoolSportsScene.com.)
Don't Miss These Buzzer Beaters
December 17, 2014
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first full week of girls and boys basketball this season netted 27 games broadcast on MHSAA.tv – and a series of last-second heroics only hoops can provide.
Check out those buzzer beaters below, and go to MHSAA.tv to watch any of the games listed, in full.
Girls Basketball
- Escanaba vs. Sault Ste. Marie
- Lincoln Alcona vs. Alpena
- Comstock Park vs. East Grand Rapids
- Posen vs. Whittemore-Prescott
- Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County
- Midland vs. Mount Pleasant
- Mackinaw City vs. Boyne Falls
- Rogers City vs. Posen
- Hillman vs. Atlanta
- Watervliet vs. Bangor
- Haslett vs. Mason
Boys Basketball
- Rogers City vs. Hale
- Mackinaw City vs. Pellston
- East Kentwood vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
- Escanaba vs. Negaunee
- Plainwell vs. Portage Northern
- Posen vs. Rogers City
- Mancelona vs. Lake City
- Chesaning vs. Montrose
- Haslett vs. Mason
- Watervliet vs. Bangor
- Mount Pleasant vs. Midland
- Gibraltar Carlson vs. Riverview
- Escanaba vs. Kingsford
- Hemlock vs. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
- Clare vs. Gladwin
- Coloma vs. Dowagiac