The Middletown Middie Bears basketball team scored 71 points and limited the host Valley Central Vikings to 44 in the Middie Bears non-league triumph on Monday.

The Middie Bears now possess a 5-1 record. They play next when they travel to Monroe-Woodbury for a non-league game on Thursday, January 9. Middletown will confront a Crusaders team coming off a 57-56 non-league loss to Kingston (Kingston, NY). The Crusaders record now stands at 0-3.

With the loss, Valley Central falls to 0-4 on the campaign. The Vikings host Warwick (Warwick, NY) to confront the Wildcats in a non-league game on Thursday, January 9. The Wildcats go into the game with a record of 1-3.