The Northeast Bearcats basketball team scored 74 points and limited the host Madison Panthers to 25 in the Bearcats league triumph on Tuesday.

The Bearcats now have a 4-1 record. They play next when they host Salisbury for a non-league game on Thursday, December 19. Northeast will confront a Panthers team coming off a 40-15 league win over Knox County (Edina, MO). The Panthers record now stands at 3-3.

With the loss, Madison falls to 1-5 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Bucklin-Macon County (Bucklin, MO) to confront the Bulldogs in a non-league game on Thursday, December 19. The Bulldogs go into the game with a record of 3-5. Bucklin-Macon County lost 57-16 in their recent non-league game against Grundy County/Newtown-Harris (Galt, MO)