The Blair Bears basketball team scored 43 points and restricted the host Hastings Tigers to 24 in the Bears non-league victory on Friday.

The Bears now sport a 6-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Elkhorn for a non-league contest on Saturday, December 30. Blair will battle a Antlers team coming off a 65-22 non-league win over Lincoln Northwest (Lincoln, NE). The Antlers record now stands at 5-3.

The Tigers (1-5) will now prepare for their contest against Adams Central (Hastings, NE). The Patriots come into the non-league contest with a 8-2 record. In their last contest, Adams Central was defeated by Broken Bow (Broken Bow, NE), 60-51, in a non-league contest.