The Pleasant Hope Pirates basketball team scored 69 points and limited the host New Covenant Academy Warriors to 56 in the Pirates non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Pirates now have a 10-4 record. They play next when they travel to Aurora Christian Academy for a non-league game on Thursday, January 23. Pleasant Hope will confront a Arrows team coming off a 46-43 league win over Riverview Bible Baptist Christian (Forsyth, MO). The Arrows record now stands at 8-6.

With the loss, New Covenant Academy falls to 6-7 on the campaign. The Warriors travel to Billings (Billings, MO) to confront the Wildcats in a non-league game on Monday, January 20. The Wildcats go into the game with a record of 10-4. Billings won 57-18 in their recent non-league game against Niangua (Niangua, MO)