Marcus Fakkema and Bret DeGraaff had productive games off the bench as the Lynden boys' basketball team defeated visiting Nooksack Valley 75-35 in Northwest Conference action on Monday, Jan. 7.

The win improved the Lions to 11-1, 5-0 NWC while the Pioneers dropped to 0-11, 0-4 NWC.

Fakkema was 5 for 6 shooting for a career-high 10 points and DeGraaff was 3 for 3 shooting for six points.

'"I thought (Fakkema and DeGraaff) came off the bench and were really effective for us," Lynden coach Brian Roper said in a phone interview.

Zach Vis led the Lions with 12 points.

Brandon Gwinner led the Pioneers with 14 points.

LYNDEN 75, NOOKSACK VALLEY 35

NV 7 11 9 8 - 35

Lynden 21 22 16 16- 75

Nooksack Valley: Brandon Turnberg 8, Connor Beard, Brandon Gwinner 14, Bret Rediger, Noah Rawls 3, Brady Wood, Josh Gimmaka 4, Seth Taron 4, Aaron Bosscher 3. Team totals: 14-32 0-0 35.

Lynden: Josh Kraght 5, Trey Shagren 2, Kyle Mark 3, Zach Vis 12, John Shine 8, Dak Shagren 9, Jaremy Martin 7, Scott Hastings 7, Jalani Phelps 2, Matt Meyer 4, Marcus Fakkema 10, Bret DeGraaff 6. Team totals: 33-57 4-6 75

3-ptg: NV 5 (Turnberg 2), Lynden 5. Rebounds: NV 11 (Taron 5), Lynden 24 (Meyer 5). Assists: NV 4 (Rediger 2), Lynden 14 (Martin 3, Vis 3). Fouls: NV 3, Lynden 6. Turnovers: NV 20, Lynden 2.