In Thursday's league contest, the visiting Pilot Grove Tigers basketball team scored a good 70-55 triumph over the Sturgeon Bulldogs.

The Tigers (4-3) will now prepare for their contest against Stover (Stover, MO). The Bulldogs go into the non-league contest with a 2-5 record. In their last contest, Stover topped St. Paul Lutheran (Concordia, MO), 57-41, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Bulldogs confront the Harrisburg Bulldogs (Harrisburg, MO) in a non-league contest, on Saturday, December 21. Sturgeon will attempt to better on its 4-3 season record. The Bulldogs go into the contest with a 4-0 record after their 53-51 non-league win over Southern Boone (Ashland, MO).