The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Joliet J Hawks (Joliet, MT) and the host Shepherd Mustangs (Shepherd, MT), observed Joliet's basketball team edge Shepherd by a margin of 54-48.

The J Hawks (2-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Sweet Grass County (Big Timber, MT). The Sheepherders come into the B District 4 challenge with a 1-2 record. In their last challenge, Sweet Grass County was tipped by Colstrip (Colstrip, MT), 56-45, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs battle the Park City Panthers (Park City, MT) in a B District 4 challenge, on Thursday, December 19. Shepherd will attempt to better on its 1-3 season record.