The Beach Buccaneers basketball team (Beach, ND), was overwhelmed 59-34 in Thursday's league battle with the host Hettinger/Scranton Black Devils (Hettinger, ND)

The Black Devils now possess a 4-5 record. They put it on the line next when they host New England for a B Region 7 contest on Saturday, February 4. Hettinger/Scranton will meet a Tigers team coming off a 63-33 league loss to Bowman County co-op [Bowman/Rhame] (Bowman, ND). The Tigers record now stands at 7-6.

The Buccaneers (2-12) will now prepare for their contest against New Salem (New Salem, ND). The Holsteins enter the non-league contest with a 2-12 record. In their last contest, New Salem was routed by Flasher (Flasher, ND), 57-46, in a league contest.