Imlay City turns back Yale, 45-25

IMLAY CITY — Imlay City registered a 45-25 win against visiting Yale in a Blue Water Area Conference varsity girls’ basketball confrontation last Friday night.

With the result, Imlay City goes to 12-6 and 9-3.

Imlay City’s Kayla Louwsma looks over her offensive options versus Yale last Friday. photo by Kevin Kissane.

In Friday’s confrontation, Imlay City took a 14-9 advantage after one quarter was over with.

The middle two quarters saw Imlay City amass 21 total points and Yale generate 12. That increased their cushion to 35-21 with 24 minutes gone.

Imlay City then outscored Yale 10-4 the rest of the way, closing out a 45-25 win.

Kayla Louwsma (18 points, including a pair of trifectas) led Imlay City that evening. The Spartans also had Mary Lengemann (nine points, featuring a trey), Abigail Thibodeau (eight), Ana Lengemann (five), Emma Waatti and Kayla Rossen (two each) along with Izzy Aune (one) reach the scoring column.