Lake Linden-Hubbell's Aaron Hainault goes up for a shot against Ontonagon Monday in Lake Linden. (Gail Ongie photo)

HANCOCK — The Jeffers Jets locked down in the second half to earn a 57-44 nonconference win over the Hancock Bulldogs Monday in Hancock.

Jeffers (4-4) allowed just 12 second-half points as the Jets outscored Hancock 27-12 over the final two quarters. It’s Jeffers’ fourth consecutive win of the season.

Carson Turner led Jeffers with 20 points and Brett Hill scored 16.

For Hancock (2-5), Devin Raasio paced the Bulldogs with 19 points.

Next, Jeffers goes to Ontonagon on Thursday, while Hancock visits Calumet on the same day.

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Jeffers 14      16      15      12      —       57

Hancock 16      16      3       9       —       44

Jeffers — Kinnunen 5, Ruohonen 4, Wakeham 1, Heinonen 5, Hill 16, Turner 20, Jukkala 6. F: 15; Fouled out: None; Free throws: 10-16; 3-point field goals: Turner 3, Hill 2, Kinnunen, Heinonen.

Hancock — Watson 8, Sintkowski 7, Chynoweth 3, Raasio 19, Anderson 7. F: 14; Fouled out: None; Free throws: 9-15; 3-point field goals: Watson 2, Sintkowski 2, Chynoweth.

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BESSEMER — Bessemer jumped out to a 25-5 first-quarter lead in a 75-36 Copper Mountain Conference victory over Baraga Monday night.

Bessemer’s Cade Mazzon scored 12 of his game-high 17 points in the first quarter.

“Cade Mazzon got us really rolling, he was our leading scorer, but by far his best quarter was the first quarter,” Bessemer coach Richard Matrella said. “That was our big quarter, too.”

Nick Trudgeon had 10 points for the Speedboys.

“I thought we did a good job rebounding,” Matrella said. “We’ve been working on stuff, so it’s been nice to start to see it show through. From an energy standpoint, our kids played great from the start to the final whistle.”

Bessemer (5-3, 4-2) hosts Watersmeet Thursday. Baraga goes to Lake Linden-Hubbell on the same day.

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Baraga 5 14 8 9 — 36

Bessemer 25 9 20 21 — 75

Baraga – G. Lindemann 2, C. Lindemann 10, T. Smith 3, D. Ridley 4, T. Rasanen 2, C. Koskinen 3, Z. Sackett 10. FTs: 9-10. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None. 3-pointers: C. Lindemann 2, Smith 1, Sackett 2.

Bessemer – Cade Mazzon 17, Andy Aspinwall 3, Uriah Aili 7, Isaiah Aili 5, Jared Janczak 6, Jaidon Jokela 5, Nick Trudgeon 10, Tim Rowe 7, Brayden Tomes 8, Tyler Busch 7. FTs: 11-16. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None. 3-pointers: Tomes 2, Trudgeon 2, Mazzon 1, U. Aili 1, I. Aili 1, Jokela 1.

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L’ANSE — Ewen-Trout Creek improved to 8-0 with a 69-35 victory over L’Anse Monday night.

It was only the second lopsided win for the Panthers, who have otherwise come out on top of some tight ballgames.

“That was nice to not have a nailbiter right down to the wire. We needed that,” E-TC coach Brad Besonen said. “We needed a game period. We had one game since Dec. 22. … We definitely had some rust early on.”

Jake Witt led the Panthers with 19 points, 17 rebounds and five blocks. He also had five assists. Eli Nordine had 18 points and six assists. Jaden Borseth finished with 11 points and six steals.

Cole Borseth had 10 points. Witt had 11 points in the first quarter to help give E-TC an 18-9 lead.

“We had trouble scoring in the first part of the first quarter, but a couple of dunks by Jake got us going,” Besonen said. “I thought we closed the first quarter with good energy, created some steals by pressuring and then started to look much better. We got up and down in the second quarter pretty well, too, just pushing tempo.

“I thought Eli played really well tonight, especially the last three quarters he really pushed the tempo, got out and ran.”

E-TC hosts Chassell Thursday night in a Copper Mountain Conference game.

L’Anse hosts Wakefield-Marenisco on Friday.

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L’Anse 9 14 10 2 — 35

E-TC 18 24 14 13 — 69

E-TC – Tommy Cousineau 4, Eli Nordine 18, Cole Borseth 10, Ryan Driesenga 5, Gentry Brand 2, Jaden Borseth 11, Jake Witt 19. FTs: 5-9. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None. 3-pointers: Nordine 2, Borseth 2, Driesenga 1.

L’Anse – Alex Rajala 4, Terry Reed 5, Reese Waara 10, Zach Sanregrey 5, Bryce Crawford 3, Cooper LaPlante 4, Devin Niemi 4. FTs: 4-7. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None. 3-pointers: Reed 1, Sanregrey 1, Crawford 1.

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LAKE LINDEN — Ed Polakowski scored 19 points and Tanner Balcomb added 14 as Ontonagon’s size prevailed in a 63-41 Copper Mountain Conference win over the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes.

Ontonagon (2-6, 2-3) used a 14-4 second-quarter advantage to take a 25-19 halftime lead. Leading 40-30 heading into the fourth, Ontonagon put up 23 points in the final eight minutes to secure a convincing win. 

Carter Crouch scored 16 points to lead LL-H (2-6, 2-4).

Next, LL-H hosts Baraga on Thursday, and Ontonagon hosts Jeffers on the same day. 

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Ontonagon 11 14 15 23 — 63

LL-H 14 4 11 12 — 41

Ontonagon — Polakowski 19, Pollard 3, Domitrovich 10, Buzzo 5, Menigoz 8, Blake 4, Balcomb 14. F: 11; Fouled out: None; Free throws: 9-13; 3-point field goals: Pollard, Menigoz.

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IRON RIVER — A cold shooting night for the Houghton Gremlins (5-4, 3-2) was their downfall in a 53-24 West-PAC loss to the West Iron County Wykons Monday in Iron River.

No Gremlin reached double figures, while Brad Sirard’s nine points were a team-high.

“A very poor shooting with lapses on defense snowballed into an ugly night for us,” Houghton coach Jared Lawson said.

Houghton trailed just 9-8 after the first quarter before the Wykons outscored the Gremlins 15-5 in the second for a 24-13 lead. WIC (4-4, 3-0) used a 22-7 fourth-quarter advantage to secure the blowout victory.

“Regardless of the outcome, I have no doubt this team will respond the right way,” Lawson said. “Looking forward to our next game.”

Next, Houghton heads to Ontonagon on Jan. 23.

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Houghton 8 5 4 7 — 24

WIC 9 15 7 22 — 53

Houghton — Keskimaki 4, Butvilas 6, Majlessi 3, Sirard 9, Cooper 2. F: 10; Fouled out: None; Free throws: 5-6; 3-point field goals: Keskimaki, Majlessi, Sirard.

WIC — McCarthy 3, Pellizzer 14 Swanson 10, Nelson 3, Tomasoski 1, Williams 3, Forte 2, Nelson 15. F: 7; Fouled out: None; Free throws: 5-8; 3-point field goals: Pellizzer 2, Williams, Nelson.