Nov 14, 2025
Trevor Nolan reacts after hitting a 3-pointer against Gogebic Community College on Nov. 12, 2025 at Vay College. Curtosey Photo
ESCANABA — Bay College men’s and women’s basketball team remained undefeated after taking both contests from Gogebic Community College here Wednesday. The Women went wire-to-wire defeating the Sampsons 112-74 while the men earned a 79-65 win.
Women’s Game: The Norse jumped out to an early 6-0 lead on a 3-pointer by McKenzie Hoffmeyer. With 7:14 to go in the first half Jillian Fraser connected from downtown to extend the Norse lead to 13-4. Lauren Zawada also hit from behind the arc with 1:47 to go in the first quarter, extending the Norse lead to 33-15. The Norse as a team hit 11 3-pointers in the contest.
The Norse took a 53-32 lead into the half.
Addison Cullen led the Norse in scoring off the bench with 21 points to go along with seven rebounds.
“Addison is a really good post player for us,” Norse Women’s coach James Fassett said. “We don’t play a lot of post, but we normally play five out and when she is on the floor we like to get down on the block and take advantage of her size inside.”
Nina Bower also had 19 points off the bench for the Norse. The Norse bench outscored the Sampsons 56-14 in the contest.
Men’s Game: In the men’s game it was the Sampsons that took the early lead on a 3-pointer by Caden Louma. The Norse quickie answered with a layup by Ziad Abouali who drew a foul in the process and converted the free throw to tie the game at three.
Sampsons freshman Owen Robinson drove to the basket for a layup to put Gogebic up 5-3. Sophomore Savion Johnson scored the next eight points for the Norse and the game was tied again at nine. Johnson had 11 points to go along with 10 rebounds.
Freshman Trey Frye III broke the tie on a layup to put the Norse up 11-9. Adam Page went strong to the basket for a layup and freshman Trevor Nolan connected on a 3-pointer to put the Norse up 16-10.
The Norse took their biggest lead of the first half at 35-19 on a layup by Abouali. The Sampsons answered with a 12-0 run including a pair of 3-pointers by sophomore Ben Salkauskas and sophomore Enrique Moreno-Bautista to cut the deficit to 37-33. The Norse held a 39-36 lead at halftime.
The Norse started the second half on an 13-0 run to put the Norse up 52-36.
“It wasn’t our vest game we ever played” Norse Men’s coach Matt Johnson said. “We made adjustments at halftime to clean up some of the mistakes but I still feel we played well in stretches we just have to do it through the entire game.”
Adam Page led the Norse in scoring with 20 points on the night.
The Norse will be back in action tonight as they host Oakland Community College. Women’s game starts at five with the Men’s game to follow.
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