The McCook Central/Montrose Fighting Cougars (Salem, SD) basketball crushed the visiting Hanson Beavers (Alexandria, SD), 77-31 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Fighting Cougars now possess a 5-4 record. They play next when they host Sioux Valley for a non-league bout on Thursday, January 16. McCook Central/Montrose will play a Cossacks team coming off a 62-59 league loss to Hamlin (Hayti, SD). The Cossacks record now stands at 5-2.

With the loss, Hanson falls to 2-6 on the campaign. The Beavers host Parker (Parker, SD) to play the Pheasants in a A Region 5 bout on Thursday, January 16. The Pheasants go into the bout with a record of 0-9. Parker lost 59-26 in their recent non-league bout against Freeman (Freeman, SD)