ALLENDALE, MICH. – The Grand Valley State women's basketball team came home for their first home game of the season, hosting Spring Arbor. The evening started with the unveiling of the 2025-26 National Championship and ended with the Lakers coming way with a 74-63 victory. GVSU is now 4-0 to begin the 2026-27 campaign.
With GVSU holding an 8-7 lead,
Reese Gaytan hit a layup to ignite a quarter-ending 11-1 run, capped off by Gaytan hitting another layup to beat the buzzer.
The run continued into the second quarter, with the Lakers starting on a 10-0 run to push their lead to 29-8. In that run, a bucket from
MacKenzie Bisballe put her over 1,000 points in her career. After Spring Arbor got back within 14,
Destiny Webster buried a three, and
Kelly Kray made two free throws to make the score 42-22 at the break.
Across the first five minutes of the second half, the Cougars outscored the Lakers by 10, cutting their deficit to 48-38. The Lakers answered back, going on a 13-6 run to close the quarter to take a 61-44 lead into the fourth quarter.
GVSU pushed their lead up to as much as 25 points following an
Anayya Davis three-pointer. Spring Arbor would not go away, getting within 11 with 1:28 to play, but the Lakers held them scoreless the rest of the way to secure the victory in their home opener.
Avery Lay led the team with a career-high 20 points, hitting 7-10 from the floor, and grabbing eight boards.
Reese Gaytan,
MacKenzie Bisballe,
Ava Scanlon, and
Kaia Waldrop all tallied eight points. Bisballe had four blocks and Waldrop added seven rebounds.
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The Lakers will stay at home for their next game, taking on Findlay on the 24
th of November.
