The St. Thomas Aquinas Saints basketball team scored 54 points and held the visiting Keene Blackbirds to 51 in the Saints non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Saints now sport a 5-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Gilford for a Division III contest on Tuesday, January 2.

The Blackbirds (2-3) will now prepare for their contest against Concord (Concord, NH). The Crimson Tide enter the Division I contest with a 0-4 record. In their last contest, Concord was nudged by Nashua North (Nashua, NH), 63-41, in a league contest.