In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Viborg/Hurley Cougars (Viborg, SD) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Avon Pirates (Avon, SD), by a count of 59-28.

The Cougars (7-2) will now prepare for their outing against Baltic (Baltic, SD). The Bulldogs go into the non-league outing with a 2-7 record. In their last outing, Baltic was crushed by West Central (Hartford, SD), 64-46, in a league outing.

The Pirates now hold a 0-7 record. They play next when they host Andes Central/Dakota Christian for a B Region 5 outing on Thursday, January 19. Avon will clash with a squad coming off a 60-36 league loss to Corsica/Stickney (Corsica, SD). The record now stands at 0-7.