The Hillsboro Spartans basketball team scored 61 points and limited the visiting St. Helens Lions to 53 in the Spartans non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Spartans now possess a 3-2 record. They play next when they host Willamette for a non-league game on Friday, December 27. Hillsboro will confront a Wolverines team coming off a 67-54 non-league loss to Bend (Bend, OR). The Wolverines record now stands at 1-7.

With the loss, St. Helens falls to 2-4 on the campaign. The Lions travel to Yamhill-Carlton (Yamhill, OR) to confront the Tigers in a non-league game on Thursday, December 26. The Tigers go into the game with a record of 3-4. Yamhill-Carlton lost 65-46 in their recent non-league game against Salem Academy (Salem, OR)