The Hurley Northstars basketball team scored 89 points and limited the host Butternut Midgets to 15 in the Northstars league triumph on Friday.

The Northstars now possess a 12-2 record. They play next when they host Drummond for a Northern Lights game on Tuesday, January 28. Hurley will confront a Lumberjacks team coming off a 69-61 league loss to Bayfield (Bayfield, WI). The Lumberjacks record now stands at 8-6.

With the loss, Butternut falls to 0-10 on the campaign. The Midgets travel to Lac Courte Oreilles (Hayward, WI) to confront the Eagles in a Northern Lights game on Tuesday, January 28. The Eagles go into the game with a record of 2-9.