GWINN — Westwood made up a fourth-quarter deficit and hung on in the end to post a 38-37 victory at Gwinn in a high school girls basketball game played Monday night.

The Modeltowners led 30-25 entering the final quarter before the Patriots’ Tessa Leece hit a 3-pointer to tie the score at 34-34.

“Leece made a huge step-back 3 to tie it,” GHS coach Ben Olsen said. “We came back down and Marissa (Delmont) had a driving layup that she made that was called a charge.”

Delmont, who hit a pair of 3-pointers, finished with nine points and five assists as teammate Emily Curtice led all scorers with 19, including a trio of treys.

Leece paced Westwood with 17 points, including two triples and 5 of 6 at the free throw line. All but two of her points came in the second half as teammate Natalie Prophet added 10 points.

After the charge on Delmont, Prophet executed her own “and-one” three-point play to give Westwood a lead before Leece hit 1 of 2 on a one-and-one free throw opportunity to make it 38-34.

Though it may have looked impossible with time winding down, Curtice hit a halfcourt triple with 1.1 seconds left to cut Gwinn’s deficit to one. However, the Pats were able to inbound the ball and run out the rest of the clock, according to Olsen.

“We played a heck of a game against a really good team and came up just short,” Olsen said. “(It was a) great team effort and I hope this proves to my team that we can play with most anybody in the conference and Upper Peninsula.”

Westwood also won the JV game 48-37.

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Lake Linden-Hubbell 49, Republic-Michigamme 30

At Lake Linden, the host Lakes used a big second quarter to race to a 33-11 halftime lead after LL-H led just 13-7 after one period.

Leah McCracken scored 12 points and made at least one bucket each quarter to lead the Hawks, while teammate Allie Radcliffe added 11 points with a pair of 3-pointers.

Megan Corrigan paced the Lakes with 21 points, including 13 in the decisive second quarter. Teammate Jamie Hendrickson added 11 points and Kaci Destrampe 10.

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Iron Mountain 45, Manistique 29

At Iron Mountain, underclassmen Annslee Runsat and Ellison Powell combined for 28 points to lead the Mountaineers to their second win of the season.

Runsat, a sophomore, scored 15 points and Powell, a freshman, had 13 as each played also pulled down eight rebounds.

“We had a really great night as a team,” IM head coach Katelynn Grenier said. “I thought we got off to a strong start which helped us keep control of the game.”

The Mountaineers turned a 21-14 halftime lead into a 35-18 bulge entering the fourth quarter.

Tori Sorensen added eight points for the Mountaineers, while grabbing a team high 13 rebounds.

Manistique (6-13) was led in scoring by Emilee McDaniel with 11 points.

The Mountaineers also won the JV game 54-38.

The Emeralds travel to Ishpeming next Tuesday.

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Munising 44, Superior Central 21

At Eben, the Mustangs’ Megan Matson led all scorers with 28 points as other details weren’t available.

Information compiled by Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.