The Middletown Middies (Middletown, OH) basketball crushed the visiting Lakota East Thunderhawks (Liberty Township, OH), 64-43 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Middies now possess a 9-4 record. They play next when they host Hamilton for a Greater Miami bout on Friday, January 17. Middletown will play a Big Blue team coming off a 76-51 league loss to Lakota West (West Chester, OH). The Big Blue record now stands at 2-9.

With the loss, Lakota East falls to 9-3 on the campaign. The Thunderhawks host Colerain (Cincinnati, OH) to play the Cardinals in a Greater Miami bout on Friday, January 17. The Cardinals go into the bout with a record of 1-11. Colerain lost 46-29 in their recent league bout against Oak Hills (Cincinnati, OH)