The Liberty Hurricanes were victorious over the host Hazleton Area Cougars basketball squad by a final score of 62-51 in Saturday's non-league outing.

Next, the Hurricanes face the Bethlehem Catholic Hawks (Bethlehem, PA) in a Eastern Pennsylvania - Steel outing, on Tuesday, January 21. Liberty will attempt to upgrade on its 14-3 season record. The Hawks enter the outing with a 7-6 record after their 58-54 non-league win over Harry S. Truman (Levittown, PA).

The Cougars (7-8) will now prepare for their outing against Crestwood (Mountain Top, PA). The Comets enter the Wyoming Valley 1 outing with a 4-5 record.