SILVER BAY- The North Woods girls basketball team picked up their first win of the new year on Tuesday, a 63-51 victory on the road against Silver Bay.
The Grizzlies got out to an early 15-6 lead with Brynn Chosa dropping in a pair of three-pointers, and extended the lead to 14 by halftime, 35-21. While North Woods continues to be hampered by low shooting percentages from the field, they compensated for that on Monday by crashing the boards and creating turnovers. The Grizzlies snared 56 rebounds and had 28 steals as they forced the Mariners into 39 turnovers.
North Woods shot 28.4 percent overall, but only 16.7 percent from behind the arc. The Mariners held the advantage from the free throw line, outscoring North Woods 16-9.
Four Grizzlies notched double-digit scoring nights, led by Chosa with 19. Tatum Barto scored 13, Corra Brodeen dropped in 12, and Sierra Schuster hit for 11. Brodeen and Chosa shared honors in rebounding with nine each.
The win broke a four-game losing streak for the Grizzlies that included two hard-fought holiday tournament losses to McGregor, 71-63, and Ashby, 74-67. North Woods opened the 2025 portion of their schedule with a 78-39 loss to Ely on Thursday and a 51-36 loss to International Falls on Friday.
North Woods stands at 3-9 on the season and was scheduled to host perennial powerhouse Mt. Iron-Buhl on Thursday, followed by road trips to Littlefork-Big Falls on Monday and South Ridge on Tuesday.