Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Fort Benton Longhorns (Fort Benton, MT) and the visiting Hays-Lodge Pole Thunder Birds (Hays, MT), saw Fort Benton's basketball squad overcome Hays-Lodge Pole by a tally of 59-40.

With the victory, Fort Benton improves its record to 2-9 on the campaign. The Longhorns travel to Conrad (Conrad, MT) to confront the Cowboys in a non-league challenge on Thursday, January 25. The Cowboys come into the challenge with a record of 2-7. Conrad lost 53-38 in their recent league challenge against Fairfield (Fairfield, MT)

Next up, the Thunder Birds confront the Harlem Wildcats (Harlem, MT) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 26. Hays-Lodge Pole will attempt to improve on its 0-9 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 4-6 record after their 98-71 league loss to Malta (Malta, MT).