The Springfield Millers basketball team scored 53 points and limited the visiting Thurston Colts to 29 in the Millers league triumph on Tuesday.

The Millers now possess a 10-5 record. They play next when they travel to Ashland for a 5A Midwestern game on Friday, January 24. Springfield will confront a Grizzlies team coming off a 61-30 league loss to North Eugene (Eugene, OR). The Grizzlies record now stands at 5-10.

With the loss, Thurston falls to 5-9 on the campaign. The Colts host Roosevelt (Portland, OR) to confront the Roughriders in a non-league game on Friday, January 24. The Roughriders go into the game with a record of 5-8. Roosevelt lost 59-33 in their recent league game against Ida B. Wells (Portland, OR)