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The Fort Benton (MT) varsity basketball team won Monday's neutral playoff game against Chester-Joplin-Inverness (Chester, MT) by a score of 54-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
CJIHS	-	-	-	-	39
Fort Benton	-	-	-	-	54

Final score provided by H. O'Hara.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Chester-Joplin-Inverness (24-25)

Chester-Joplin-Inverness has not entered stats for this game.

Fort Benton (24-25)

Fort Benton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	19	45	42	52
2	Kelton Vielleux (Fr)	8	3	5	60	80
3	Eli Arganbright (Jr)	14	4	11	36	45
10	Isaiah Smith (So)	11	4	8	50	69
12	Truman Giese (Jr)	13	5	12	42	50
23	Kellan Diekhans (Sr)	8	3	6	50	50
30	Brooks Diekhans (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0

Fort Benton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	9	22	41	7	12	58	10	23	43
2	Kelton Vielleux (Fr)	8	2	2	100	0	0	0	1	3	33
3	Eli Arganbright (Jr)	14	2	6	33	4	7	57	2	5	40
10	Isaiah Smith (So)	11	3	5	60	0	0	0	1	3	33
12	Truman Giese (Jr)	13	2	6	33	1	1	100	3	6	50
23	Kellan Diekhans (Sr)	8	0	0	0	2	4	50	3	6	50
30	Brooks Diekhans (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fort Benton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	10	25	35	9	7	1	13	10
2	Kelton Vielleux (Fr)	8	1	14	15	2	1	1	4	1
3	Eli Arganbright (Jr)	14	2	1	3	0	2	0	4	1
10	Isaiah Smith (So)	11	2	4	6	0	1	0	0	0
12	Truman Giese (Jr)	13	1	5	6	3	0	0	0	3
23	Kellan Diekhans (Sr)	8	4	1	5	3	3	0	5	3
30	Brooks Diekhans (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2

Fort Benton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.69	0.54	0.70	0.10	2
2	Kelton Vielleux (Fr)	0.50	0.25	1.00	1.00	1
3	Eli Arganbright (Jr)	0.00	0.50	2.00	0.00	1
10	Isaiah Smith (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
12	Truman Giese (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
23	Kellan Diekhans (Sr)	0.60	0.60	1.00	0.00	0
30	Brooks Diekhans (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Game Story

Montana High School Basketball - Fort Benton defeats Chester-Joplin-Inverness

March 3, 2025: Chester, MT 59522

The Fort Benton Longhorns (Fort Benton, MT) basketball were winner over the host Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks (Chester, MT), 54-39 in Monday's non-league bout.

The Longhorns now possess a 18-7 record.

With the loss, Chester-Joplin-Inverness falls to 14-5 on the campaign.

CJIHS vs Fort Benton Basketball Game Info

Mon., Mar. 3, 2025 @ 5p

Divisional Tourney Challenge Game

The Fort Benton (MT) varsity basketball team won Monday's neutral playoff game against Chester-Joplin-Inverness (Chester, MT) by a score of 54-39.

Rankings & Records

Chester-Joplin-Inverness (24-25)

MT	Class
23	10

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
16-5	6-2	3-1	4-1	9-3	.762	.750	1,177	915

Fort Benton (24-25)

MT	Class
17	7

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
19-8	8-4	5-2	6-2	8-4	.704	.667	1,497	1,196

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Chester-Joplin-Inverness	24.0	7.0	15.0	22.0	56.0
Fort Benton	-	-	-	-	55.4

Chester-Joplin-Inverness Videos

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Head-to-Head

Fort Benton won on 1/10/2025

1/10 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Fort Benton - - - - 51
CJIHS - - - - 44

The Fort Benton (MT) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Chester-Joplin-Inverness (Chester, MT) by a score of 51-44.
Box score
Chester-Joplin-Inverness won on 2/7/2025

2/7 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

CJIHS - - - - 44
Fort Benton - - - - 41

The Chester-Joplin-Inverness (Chester, MT) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Fort Benton (MT) by a score of 44-41.
Box score
Chester-Joplin-Inverness won on 2/20/2025

2/20 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

CJIHS - - - - 50
Fort Benton - - - - 33

The Chester-Joplin-Inverness (Chester, MT) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral playoff game against Fort Benton (MT) by a score of 50-33.
Box score
Fort Benton won on 3/3/2025

3/3 @ 5p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

CJIHS - - - - 39
Fort Benton - - - - 54

The Chester-Joplin-Inverness (Chester, MT) varsity basketball team lost Monday's neutral playoff game against Fort Benton (MT) by a score of 54-39.
Box score

1/10 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Fort Benton	-	-	-	-	51
CJIHS	-	-	-	-	44

2/7 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
CJIHS	-	-	-	-	44
Fort Benton	-	-	-	-	41

2/20	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
CJIHS	-	-	-	-	50
Fort Benton	-	-	-	-	33

Team Stat Comparison

Chester-Joplin-Inverness		Fort Benton
-	Points Per Game	51.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	33.0
-	Assists Per Game	12.3
-	Steals Per Game	7.1
-	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

Chester-Joplin-Inverness		Fort Benton	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#2 Kelton Vielleux12.3	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Kelton Vielleux9.1	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#34 Brett Evans3.9	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#3 Eli Arganbright1.9	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#2 Kelton Vielleux1.1	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Chester-Joplin-Inverness	9-3		Fort Benton	14-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/20/24	Turner	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	(W) 52-43	1/11/25	Turner	Fort Benton	(W) 65-51
1/24/25	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	Turner	(W) 61-43	2/8/25	Fort Benton	Turner	(L) 59-47
				2/22/25	Fort Benton	Turner	(W) 51-31
12/21/24	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	Hays-Lodge Pole	(W) 64-29	1/18/25	Fort Benton	Hays-Lodge Pole	(W) 64-25
1/25/25	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	Hays-Lodge Pole	(W) 56-22	2/13/25	Hays-Lodge Pole	Fort Benton	(W) 62-28
2/19/25	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	Hays-Lodge Pole	(W) 69-20
1/3/25	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	Big Sandy		1/17/25	Big Sandy	Fort Benton	(W) 73-35
1/31/25	Big Sandy	Chester-Joplin-Inverness		2/14/25	Fort Benton	Big Sandy	(W) 73-34
				2/20/25	Fort Benton	Big Sandy	(W) 66-27
1/11/25	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	Box Elder	(L) 49-43	12/20/24	Box Elder	Fort Benton	(L) 52-46
2/8/25	Box Elder	Chester-Joplin-Inverness		1/24/25	Fort Benton	Box Elder	(L) 79-53
2/21/25	Box Elder	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	(L) 67-52	3/1/25	Box Elder	Fort Benton	(L) 80-42
1/16/25	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	Chinook	(W) 67-63	12/19/24	Fort Benton	Chinook	(W) 63-43
2/15/25	Chinook	Chester-Joplin-Inverness		1/23/25	Chinook	Fort Benton	(W) 56-38
1/17/25	North Star	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	(W) 70-31	1/3/25	North Star	Fort Benton	(W) 58-27
2/14/25	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	North Star		1/31/25	Fort Benton	North Star	(W) 67-42
				2/22/25	Fort Benton	North Star	(W) 50-32
2/27/25	Denton/Stanford/Geyser/Geraldine	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	(L) 66-45	2/28/25	Fort Benton	Denton/Stanford/Geyser/Geraldine	(W) 54-52
2/28/25	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	Cascade	(W) 68-60	2/26/25	Fort Benton	Cascade	(W) 64-50
3/1/25	Chester-Joplin-Inverness	Grass Range/Winnett	(W) 49-45	12/14/24	Grass Range/Winnett	Fort Benton	(L) 57-43

Record Breakdown

Chester-Joplin-Inverness (24-25)		Fort Benton (24-25)
16-5	Overall	19-8
6-2	League	8-4
5-0	Non-League	4-1
2-2	Head to Head	2-2
9-3	Common Opponent	14-5
3-1	Home	5-2
4-1	Away	6-2
9-3	Neutral	8-4
5-3	Playoff	7-3
16-5	In-State	19-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0