The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the New England Tigers (New England, ND) and the visiting Hettinger/Scranton Black Devils (Hettinger, ND), observed New England's basketball team edge Hettinger/Scranton by a score of 51-46.

The Tigers (4-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Grant County co-op [Carson/Elgin-New Leipzig/Mott-Regent] (Elgin, ND). The come into the B District 7 challenge with a 3-14 record. In their last challenge, Grant County co-op [Carson/Elgin-New Leipzig/Mott-Regent] edged Harding County (Buffalo, SD), 67-65, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Black Devils battle the Faith Longhorns (Faith, SD) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Hettinger/Scranton will attempt to improve on its 10-7 season record. The Longhorns come into the challenge with a 6-10 record after their 68-35 non-league loss to Wall (Wall, SD).