Feb. 25, 2023, PETOSKEY, Mich. – Myron Brewer and Grace Lodes led the Grand Rapids Community College basketball teams to a season sweep over North Central Michigan College on Saturday.
GRCC's women's team opened up the day by defeating the Timberwolves 72-24, and the men's basketball team cruised to a 99-69 victory.
Coach David Glazier's women’s team jumped out to a 20-4 lead and never looked back, improving to 15-7 overall and holding on to second place in the conference with a 9-3 record.
Sophomore Grace Lodes was nearly perfect from the field and finished with a team-high 23 points, 11 rebounds and four steals.
Sally Merrill recorded a career-high six assists and added 13 points.
GRCC assisted on 28 of their 32 total field goals made, while shooting 52.5 percent overall.
GRCC's men's team maintained its third place ranking in the conference with the team’s fourth win in a row, improving to 19-7 and 7-5 in the conference.
"It was fun to go on the road and play a solid game today," head coach Joe Fox said. "Defensively the guys locked into the game plan and executed well. Rico Wade has really emerged as a ball stopper defensively, and the team feeds off his energy. Carter Thomas and Jajuan Walker made great defensive plays as well. I was impressed with Myron and Chris' play on the offensive end, and the roster of sophomores were very impactful as well. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to celebrate them on Tuesday nights home game verses Kirtland."
Myron Brewer became the eighth player to lead the Raiders in scoring this year, finishing with 21 points, including four three-pointers and three dunks. It also was his first career double-double after a game-high 11 rebounds.
Danyel Bibbs also had a double-double, finishing with 14 points, five rebounds and 10 assists. Chris Coleman was two points short of his career-high with 20 points.
"Our team came out with a lot of effort and energy and picked it up early on the defensive rebound and finished good around the rim," Coleman said.
Both teams return home on Feb. 28 to take on Kirtland Community College, where GRCC will honor all the sophomores before their respective games.
This story was reported by Ben Brown.