Jan. 29, 2022, MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Marlene Bussler scores a career-high 24 points, leading the women's basketball team to their sixth straight win after an 82-73 victory over Mid Michigan College on Saturday.

The men's team suffered their fifth over time loss of the season, despite a career-high 32 points from Brockton Kohler, losing to the Lakers 98-94.

The women's team (11-7, 7-1) remains in second in the MCCAA Western Conference, while the Lakers fall to .500 in the conference at 4-4. 

The 82 points was a season-high for the Raiders as well as season highs in shooting from the field, 47.1% and from three-point distance at a 54.5% clip. Bussler connected on four from behind the arc. Sally Merrill added two threes of her own while scoring a game-high 26 points and grabbing a game-high 10 rebounds. 

Grace Lodes was 7 of 12 from field, scoring 14 points, while Allison Kellogg came off the bench to score 12 points and grab 7 rebounds.  She also had a game and career-high six assists.

The men's game featured 23 lead changes including many in the last minutes of regulation. 

Andrew Moore (18 points, 5 assists) forced overtime with a three-point bucket with under eight seconds left in regulation. Both teams went back and forth in overtime, but the Lakers would hang on to the four point victory.

Kohler, coming off a 25-point performance against Ancilla, connected on eight of the Raiders 14 three pointers.  He and point guard Danyel Bibbs both led the team with seven rebounds.  Bibbs finished with eight points and a career-high nine assists.

The loss, drops the Raiders to 8-12 overall and 3-6 in the conference. 

Both teams' will have just one day off before they have to travel to Battle Creek, in a makeup date against Kellogg Community College on Jan. 31.

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