PAINESDALE — After a loss to the Houghton Gremlins on Monday, the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes boys basketball team (3-1 overall) got back on the winning track Wednesday with a 49-33 victory on the road against the Jeffers Jets (1-3).

“It was a much better performance tonight,” said Lakes coach Brett Poissant.

“We hustled and handled their pressure much better tonight. It wasn’t the cleanest game but we got the job done.”

The Lakes opened the first with a 13-6 lead. They earned 10 more points in the second with some good ball movement and patience on the offensive side. They led 23-12 at half.

“At half, I told them that we have to close this thing out,” said Poissant. “We need to come out strong and close it, and I think we did.”

While the Jets’ best quarter was the third, they were stil

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