The Liberty Mountaineers basketball team scored 48 points and limited the host Grafton Bearcats to 44 in the Mountaineers league triumph on Saturday.

The Mountaineers now possess a 5-4 record. They play next when they host Philip Barbour for a Big Ten game on Tuesday, January 28. Liberty will confront a Colts team coming off a 49-35 non-league win over Moorefield (Moorefield, WV). The Colts record now stands at 2-7.

With the loss, Grafton falls to 0-7 on the campaign. The Bearcats travel to Lewis County (Weston, WV) to confront the Minutemen in a Big Ten game on Tuesday, January 28. The Minutemen go into the game with a record of 5-6. Lewis County won 69-63 in their recent non-league game against Greenbrier East (Lewisburg, WV)