The Clopton Hawks basketball team scored 73 points and limited the visiting Highland Cougars to 26 in the Hawks non-league triumph on Friday.

The Hawks now possess a 6-4 record. They play next when they host Wright City for a Eastern Missouri game on Tuesday, January 7. Clopton will confront a Wildcats team coming off a 63-33 non-league loss to Warrenton (Warrenton, MO). The Wildcats record now stands at 1-8.

With the loss, Highland falls to 1-9 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Kirksville (Kirksville, MO) to confront the Tigers in a non-league game on Tuesday, January 7. The Tigers go into the game with a record of 7-2.