The McCook Central/Montrose Fighting Cougars (Salem, SD) basketball crushed the visiting Philip Scotties (Philip, SD), 85-43 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Fighting Cougars now possess a 9-9 record. They play next when they host Tri-Valley for a non-league bout on Tuesday, February 18. McCook Central/Montrose will play a Mustangs team coming off a 60-48 non-league loss to Milbank (Milbank, SD). The Mustangs record now stands at 4-12.

With the loss, Philip falls to 5-12 on the campaign. The Scotties host Wall (Wall, SD) to play the Eagles in a B Region 7 bout on Thursday, February 20. The Eagles go into the bout with a record of 11-6. Wall won 69-52 in their recent non-league bout against Timber Lake (Timber Lake, SD)