The Hazleton Area Cougars (Hazleton, PA) basketball crushed the host Crestwood Comets (Mountain Top, PA), 53-18 in Monday's league bout.

The Cougars now possess a 11-0 record. They play next when they host Wilkes-Barre for a bout on Thursday, January 23. Hazleton Area will play a Wolfpack team coming off a 56-15 league loss to Hazleton Area (Hazleton, PA). The Wolfpack record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Crestwood falls to 0-2 on the campaign. The Comets travel to Dallas (Dallas, PA) to play the Mountaineers in a non-league bout on Thursday, January 23. The Mountaineers go into the bout with a record of 0-2.