The Vel Phillips Memorial Spartans basketball team scored 63 points and limited the host Middleton Cardinals to 57 in the Spartans league triumph on Thursday.

The Spartans now possess a 1-0 record. They play next when they host Sun Prairie West for a Big Eight game on Saturday, November 23. Vel Phillips Memorial will play a Wolves team coming off a 83-32 league win over Janesville Parker (Janesville, WI). The Wolves record now stands at 1-0.

With the loss, Middleton falls to 0-1 on the campaign. The Cardinals travel to Madison La Follette (Madison, WI) to play the Lancers in a Big Eight game on Saturday, November 23. The Lancers go into the game with a record of 1-0. Madison La Follette won 91-80 in their recent league game against Madison East (Madison, WI)