The Liberty Hurricanes basketball team scored 51 points and limited the visiting Bethlehem Catholic Hawks to 47 in the Hurricanes league triumph on Monday.

The Hurricanes now possess a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to Whitehall for a Lehigh Valley game on Thursday, December 5. Liberty will play a Zephyrs team coming off a 78-53 non-league win over Louis E. Dieruff (Allentown, PA). The Zephyrs record now stands at 1-1.

With the loss, Bethlehem Catholic falls to 1-1 on the campaign. The Hawks travel to William Allen (Allentown, PA) to play the Canaries in a Eastern Pennsylvania - Steel game on Thursday, December 5. The Canaries go into the game with a record of 0-1. William Allen lost 61-48 in their recent non-league game against Parkland (Allentown, PA)