The Hansberry Bengals basketball team scored 62 points and held the visiting Johnson Pumas to 49 in the Bengals league triumph on Tuesday.

The Bengals now sport a 9-7 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Comer for a Noble contest on Thursday, January 11. Hansberry will meet a Catamounts team coming off a 68-36 league win over The Noble Academy (Chicago, IL). The Catamounts record now stands at 5-8.

The Pumas (9-7) will now prepare for their contest against Butler (Chicago, IL). The Lynx enter the Noble contest with a 7-12 record. In their last contest, Butler ran past Rowe-Clark (Chicago, IL), 63-59, in a league contest.