The Turtle Mountain Braves basketball squad (Belcourt, ND), was crushed 62-27 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets (New Rockford, ND)

With the victory, New Rockford-Sheyenne advances its record to 1-3 on the year. The Rockets host North Star co-op [Cando/Bisbee-Egeland/Munich/Starkweather] (Cando, ND) to meet the Bearcats in a non-league battle on Tuesday, December 10. The Bearcats enter the battle with a record of 1-2. North Star co-op [Cando/Bisbee-Egeland/Munich/Starkweather] won 45-40 in their recent non-league battle against Dunseith (Dunseith, ND)

The Braves now own a 1-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Devils Lake for a non-league battle on Monday, December 9. Turtle Mountain will meet a Firebirds squad coming off a 61-42 non-league loss to Nelson County co-op [Lakota/Dakota Prairie] (Lakota, ND). The Firebirds record now stands at 0-2.