The Rule of Three states that things in threes are pleasing to people. Wikipedia says that "trios of entities such as events or characters is more humorous, satisfying, or effective than other numbers."

Just ask Lake Superior State's Men's Basketball team. Threes were the order of the day in a 110-58 win over Kuyper on Wednesday afternoon at the Bud Cooper Gym. The Lakers (5-5, 0-2 GLIAC) zipped 21 three-pointers past the Cougars (5-9) en route to their second dominant win of the week. LSSU also passed for 30 assists and swiped 15 steals.

"You love to see the 30 assists," Laker head coach Steve Hettinga told James Cardarelli on News Talk 1400 AM postgame. "Those are the first stats I look at, rebounding and assists. Our guys really shared the ball, even with the big lead."

The scoring rampage started early, as the Lakers raced to an early nine point lead. Harrison Sorrelle's shot from past the long line put LSSU up 15-6 just five minutes in, his second deep shot of the game to that point. He led the Lakers with 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting. He hit four three pointers in five attempts.

LSSU held a 53-24 lead at halftime, holding the Cougars to 29.6% from the floor in the half while shooting a blazing 53% themselves. The Lakers connected on nine first half triples. Teams win a lot of games shooting like that, but the Lakers found a way to put up even better statistics in the second half. Their shooting efficiency jumped to 57.6%, their three-point percentage leaped by 10%, and they stuck 12 second-half threes.

Marcus Watson, Jr. dazzled with his passing, doling out nine assists. He scored seven points off the bench in 22 minutes, the most played by any Laker player on Wednesday and even ripped down seven rebounds.

Drew Hess hit five three-pointers for 17 points, while Marcus Harris hit a pair of triples for Lake State as well. 11 Lakers hit a three-pointer in the game, with five players hitting multiple deep shots. And 14 players saw double-digit minutes, which greatly pleased the Laker bench boss.

"How we played makes me very happy," said Hettinga. "The starters wanted to go out and play well to start the second half so the other guys could go play. The guys that haven't played a lot, Marcus Harris, Shane Izzard, David Herron III. Getting those guys 9 plus minutes each is huge. It's huge for the morale of our team. Those guys work just as hard as everybody else, if not harder. Nice to see them get out there and get a chance to play a lot."

The Lakers get one more matchup this week, a 1:00 PM home start against Algoma at the Bud Cooper Gym. The team then takes its holiday break, then returns just after the calendar flips to 2026 with GLIAC showdowns against Purdue Northwest and Wayne State. Buy your tickets online or at the Norris Center Box Office.