Marquette 68, Calumet 35

MARQUETTE — Avery Ledy scored 18 of her game-high 21 points in the first half as Marquette cruised to a 68-35 victory over Calumet in an nonconference girls basketball game played at the Redettes’ gym on Wednesday.

The Redettes shot almost 45 percent from the field and grabbed 49 rebounds, led by Sydney Kivi’s 15. Calumet had just 15 rebounds as a team.

Avery Ledy led Marquette’s offense with 21 points, while Kivi had 15 and Aspen Michelin 13. Elli Djerf was Calumet’s leader with 17.

“We shot he ball well tonight,” Redettes head coach Ben Smith said. “Avery was 4 for 6 from 3(-pointers), and we were 7 of 11 as a team. Obviously, that helps when you see the ball go in.

“Sydney had 15 and 15 (points and rebounds) and I think everybody on our team got a rebound and four or five of them got five or more. I think we were a little more consistent in our efforts tonight.”

Marquette (10-2) held a 14-8 lead after the first quarter, extending it to 37-17 and pulling away further in the second half.

“We’re seeing some positives, but there are definitely other things we have to improve on as we move forward to get where we want to be,” Smith said.

The Redettes also won the JV game 59-24. Marquette plays at Menominee Friday.

CALUMET — Anderson 0-2-2; Kiilunen 3-0-8; Larson 1-0-2; Djerf 6-1-17; Halonen 1-1-3; Loukus 1-0-3. Totals 12-4-35.

MARQUETTE — Ketzenberger 1-0-2; Elmblad 2-0-4; Michelin 4-4-13; Carter 2-0-5; Bartlett 0-1-1; Ledy 6-5-21; Kivi 5-4-15; Vandenende 2-3-7. Totals 22-17-68.

Score by quarters:

Calumet 8 9 11 7 — 35

Marquette 14 23 17 14 — 68

FG shooting: Calumet 12 of 51 (23.5 percent); Marquette 22 of 49 (44.9 percent); FT shooting: Calumet 4 of 7 (57.1 percent); Marquette 17 of 23 (73.9 percent); Rebounding: Calumet 15 (3 players with 3); Marquette 49 (Sydney Kivi 15).

Jeffers 54, Republic-Michigamme 28

At Republic, the host Hawks held a slim lead after one quarter only to see the Jets build momentum until they outscored R-M 18-3 in the final period.

The Hawks were up 10-9 after one quarter and only trailed 23-17 at halftime and 36-25 after three quarters.

“We have more confidence since we won those two conference games last week, but we were shorthanded with injuries and illness and had two JV players up tonight,” R-M coach April Radcliffe said. “Our defense was not quite up to par and our shooters weren’t really shooting like I’d like them to.”

Nikki Wertanen paced R-M (2-8, 2-4 Copper Mountain Conference) with 11 points, while Dana Johnson had 10 points for the Jets.

Jeffers also won the JV game 48-20.

The Hawks host Ontonagon on Monday.

JEFFERS — B. Heinonen 1-0-2, Hillsrom 2-0-5, Hill 2-2-7, Asiala 2-0-4, Nordstrom 0-1-1, Johnson 3-4-10, Jurmu 3-0-6, L. Heinonen 3-1-7, M. Heinonen 4-0-8, Lorenzetti 1-2-4. Totals 21-10-54.

REPUBLIC-MICHIGAMME

— Radcliffe 0-2-2, Raisanen 2-2-7, Ambuehl 1-0-2, Erickson 2-0-4, Laakso 1-0-2, Wertanen 4-1-11. Totals 10-5-28.