In Thursday's league outing, the Harper Creek Beavers (Battle Creek, MI) basketball squad beat the host Hastings Saxons (Hastings, MI), by a count of 49-37.

The Beavers (2-6) will now prepare for their outing against Lakeview (Battle Creek, MI). The Spartans go into the non-league outing with a 4-2 record. In their last outing, Lakeview was topped by Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo, MI), 71-51, in a league outing.

The Saxons now hold a 1-5 record. They play next when they travel to Bath for a non-league outing on Wednesday, January 3. Hastings will clash with a Fighting Bees squad coming off a 54-50 league loss to Lansing Christian (Lansing, MI). The Fighting Bees record now stands at 0-8.