Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Mountain View Cougars (Bend, OR) and the host Bend Lava Bears (Bend, OR), saw Mountain View's basketball squad hold off Bend by a tally of 47-41.

With the victory, Mountain View improves its record to 15-7 on the campaign. The Cougars host Summit (Bend, OR) to confront the Storm in a 5A Intermountain challenge on Monday, January 30. The Storm come into the challenge with a record of 11-4. Summit won 76-36 in their recent league challenge against Redmond (Redmond, OR)

Next up, the Lava Bears confront the Ridgeview Ravens (Redmond, OR) in a 5A Intermountain challenge, on Monday, January 30. Bend will attempt to improve on its 9-7 season record. The Ravens come into the challenge with a 5-10 record after their 64-54 league loss to Caldera (Bend, OR).