The Monticello Sages basketball team scored 65 points and limited the visiting Heyworth Hornets to 34 in the Sages non-league triumph on Friday.

The Sages now possess a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond for a non-league game on Tuesday, December 17. Monticello will confront a Knights team coming off a 71-48 non-league loss to Paris (Paris, IL). The Knights record now stands at 1-7.

With the loss, Heyworth falls to 3-4 on the campaign. The Hornets travel to Fieldcrest (Minonk, IL) to confront the Knights in a Heart of Illinois game on Tuesday, December 17. The Knights go into the game with a record of 6-0. Fieldcrest won 77-63 in their recent non-league game against Dwight (Dwight, IL)