The Keene Blackbirds basketball team scored 70 points and restricted the visiting Manchester Memorial Crusaders to 34 in the Blackbirds league victory on Friday.

The Blackbirds now sport a 9-7 record. They put it on the line next when they host Manchester Memorial for a Division I contest on Friday, February 2. Keene will battle a Crusaders team coming off a 70-68 league loss to Spaulding (Rochester, NH). The Crusaders record now stands at 7-5.

The Crusaders (7-6) will now prepare for their contest against Keene (Keene, NH). The Blackbirds come into the Division I contest with a 8-7 record. In their last contest, Keene triumphed over Alvirne (Hudson, NH), 54-51, in a non-league contest.