MIO — The Hillman Tigers picked up a big road win by defeating the Mio Thunderbolts 60-38 in Mio on Friday.

With the win the Tigers improved to 17-2 overall and 10-1 in the NSL Little Dipper Division.

The win places the Tigers one win away from their fifth straight conference title and their tenth in the last 13 years.

The Tigers jumped out to an early 14-5 in the first quarter lead and would extend that to a 27-15 halftime lead.

The game would really blow open in the third period when the Tigers outscored the Bolts 20-9, heading into the fourth quarter with a 47-24 lead.

Hillman would see its balanced attack continue as they had four players scoring double figures this season.

Leading the balanced attack was Junior big man Eddie Prue scoring 18 points and adding eight rebounds, five assists, four steals, and two blocked shots.

Junior guard Ty Muszynski and Senior guard Aedan Tucker would both add 12 points, and Senior Forward Evan Crane would round out the scoring with nine points and seven rebounds.

For Mio, Ty McGregor would be the lone double figure scorer with 26 points.

Hillman has a busy week as they host Alpena on Wednesday, and play for the league title on Friday vs. AuGres on Senior Night at home.

Hillman Coach Eric Muszynski discussed his team’s performance against Mio.

“We had a great week and the cherry on top was playing a great game in Mio tonight,” Muszynski said. “As I mentioned earlier, we are playing the right kind of basketball at the right time! I’m really looking forward to next week as we prepare for the State Tournament.”

Muszynski said Hillman will have its hands full during its matchup with Alpena on Wednesday.

“Alpena is a program on the rise and Coach Neff has them in the right direction and that game will really help us for the playoffs with the level of competition they see every night,” Muszynski added.