UNDATED (WHTC) - High school boys’ basketball along the Lakeshore on Friday night: Holland won the OK Black by winning at Forest Hills Central, 63-47; Zeeland East’s Mickey Cochran got his 400th coaching victory as the Chix beat Holland Christian at the Civic Center, 71-54; Grand Haven rallied to win at West Ottawa, 45-44; Hamilton cruised at Rogers, 76-46; Saugatuck clinched a home berth in the SAC tournament by beating Gobles, 69-61; Bloomingdale spoiled Fennville’s induction of the late Wes Leonard into the Blackhawks’ Hall of Fame by winning, 68-50. Next Friday evening at 7:10 PM, hear the Holland Christian at Hamilton game on 1450 WHTC and www.whtc.com.
On the girls’ basketball scoreboard on Friday night: Forest Hills Central 65, Holland 27; Holland Christian 50, Zeeland East 44; Grand Haven 55, West Ottawa 31; Hamilton 48, Rogers 25; and Black River 43, Zion Christian 29.
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Hope College has both of its basketball teams on the road on Saturday. While the Flying Dutch travel to Alma, the Flying Dutchmen visit Calvin in a game that is on 92.7 The Van and www.927thevan.com at 2:40 PM.
Grand Valley State has both of its basketball teams at home on Saturday against Lake Erie at the Fieldhouse Arena in Allendale.
In state major college basketball on Friday night, Detroit edged Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 58-57. Saturday matinees include Central Michigan at Miami and Eastern Michigan entertaining Ohio; evening encounters have Michigan State at Ohio State, Western Michigan at Buffalo and Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne at Oakland.
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Joey MacDonald stopped 29 shots in 65 minutes of game action and two of three in the shootout, as the Red Wings outlasted visiting Anaheim on Friday night, 2-1. Winners of 19 straight at home, Detroit welcomes Philadelphia to Joe Louis Arena on Sunday evening, with broadcast time on 1450 WHTC at 7:10 PM.
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Greg Monroe tallied 18 points with 11 rebounds in leading the Pistons to a home-and-home sweep of New Jersey in Friday night’s 109-92 triumph over the Nets at the Palace. Detroit is home toWashingtonon Sunday evening.
Joakim Noah’s 17-point, 14-rebound performance helped the Bulls to win atCharlotteon Friday night, 95-64.Chicagotravels toBostonon Sunday afternoon.
Jeff Taffe set up one goal and scored another in Houston’s three-goal first period, and the Aeros went on to beat the Griffins in Grand Rapids on Friday night, 5-1. The two teams have a rematch at Van Andel Arena on Saturday evening.
