KINGSFORD — Houghton’s Brad Simonsen and Pablo Salgado combined for 48 points and the Gremlins defeated Kingsford, 59-51, here Thursday night in non-conference boys basketball action.

Simonsen, a Michigan Tech recruit, led all scorers with 27 points. Cole Bracket led Kingsford with 13 points, while Brody Kopp added 12.

“Simonsen and Salgado were too much for us inside tonight. Down five at half we didn’t come out of the locker room with enough fire,” said Kingsford head coach Dan Olkkonen. “We were down 17 points halfway through the third quarter, then started fighting back. We were able to put pressure on them and cause double-digit turnovers.”

Noting the Flivvers were able to get the score cut to 52-51 with under two minutes remaining in the game, Olkkonen said, “We needed that type of effort the entire game.”

Kingsford (4-13) closes out the home portion of its schedule Monday night, hosting Menominee. The game versus the Maroons, is Kingsford’s final Great Northern Conference game of the season.

In the JV game, Nathan Bousley drained a game-high 25 points, including seven three pointers, as Kingsford cruised past the Gremlins 54-28. Trestan Larson chipped in 10 points for the Flivvers.

Houghton 11 20 19 9 — 59

Kingsford 15 11 11 14 — 51

HOUGHTON: Romano 6, Salgado 21, Jurva 5, Simonsen 27. FT: 11-14. F: 15. Fouled Out: None. 3-point FG: Jurva, Romano (2), Simonsen, Salgado (2).

KINGSFORD: Bilgreen 11, Carollo 6, Paupore 3, Bracket 13, Kopp 12, Nora 4, Meneguzzo 2. FT: 6-9. F: 15. 3-point FG: Carollo (2), Paupore. Fouled Out: None. Rebounds 20 (Bracket 7). Steals 15 (Kopp 4).

Patriots 55,

Lakers 49

WHITE LAKE, Wis — Boone Larison netted 17 points and Goodman-Pembine defeated White Lake 55-49 in Northern Lakes Conference action Thursday night. Landon Kalkofen and Lamarr Lewis had 12 points apiece for the Patriots, who improved to 8-11 on the season.

“Tonight was our last conference game of the season. It was a slow-paced game, not our best performance and we did not play with enough sense of urgency and energy,” said Patriots head coach Jeff Zerbst. “Give White Lake credit as they fought to the end. We are happy with the win and moving on. However, we need to play better moving forward now as we enter tournament time,” Zerbst said.

The Patriots finish the regular season with two non-conference games again teams from the Marinette-Oconto conference. Monday night, G-P hosts Wausaukee at Pembine, while on Thursday night, St. Thomas Aquinas travels to Goodman High School to take on the Patriots.

On Tuesday night, Goodman-Pembine was defeated 75-60 by Florence at Pembine High School.

“We played well Tuesday night. Florence is a very good Northern Lakes team and it was a close game the whole way,” said Zerbst.

Rangers 65,

Badgers 47

NIAGARA, Wis — In Marinette-Oconto conference boys basketball action here Thursday night, Wausaukee cruised past Niagara 65-47.

Hayden Renikow led all scorers with 22 points, while teammate Tristan Pollard added 16 points. Brandon Shigouri chipped in 13 points for the Rangers, who improved to 14-5 on the season.

The Badgers had two players in double figures with Josh Weber netting 14 points, while Logan Carlson added 10 points..

Niagara (3-17) heads to Marinette on Monday to take on St. Thomas Aquinas. The Rangers return to action tonight as the travel to Florence for non-conference action.

Wausaukee 31 34 — 65

Niagara 20 27 — 47

WAUSAUKEE: Pollard 16, Shigouri 13, Schroeder 8, Rollo 2, Renikow 22, Decker 2, Versaskas 2. FT: 9-12. F: 16. 3-point FG: Pollard (3), Shigouri. Fouled Out: None.

NIAGARA: Lincoln 4, C. Swanson 2, Peterson 4, T. Colenso 8, Weber 14, Schaefer 4, Carlson 10, A. Colenso 1. FT: 7-17. F: 16. 3-point FG: Carlson (2). Fouled Out: None.