Mid Michigan didn’t sprint out of the gate this season; it worked its way there. Through the first two months of the season, the Lakers have pieced together a 9–4 start, growing through adversity and showing signs of a team still coming into its own under head coach Kaleb House. “This season we have three sophomores back, with one of them being the freshman of the year in our conference last year,” House said. “After that, we have 10 freshmen, so it’s been trial by fire with these guys. We threw them right into a really tough schedule. We went out to Wisconsin and played two top-20 teams. We split and got a win and a loss, and that put these freshmen into some tough...
