The Shepherd Mustangs (Shepherd, MT) basketball crushed the visiting Joliet J Hawks (Joliet, MT), 73-9 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Mustangs now possess a 3-1 record. They play next when they travel to Park City for a B District 4 bout on Thursday, December 19. Shepherd will play a Panthers team coming off a 54-49 non-league win over Lame Deer (Lame Deer, MT). The Panthers record now stands at 1-0.

With the loss, Joliet falls to 0-1 on the campaign. The J hawks travel to Sweet Grass County (Big Timber, MT) to play the Sheepherders in a B District 4 bout on Thursday, December 19. The Sheepherders go into the bout with a record of 3-0. Sweet Grass County won 50-32 in their recent non-league bout against Colstrip (Colstrip, MT)