The Nashwauk-Keewatin Spartans basketball team scored 73 points and held the visiting Marshall Hilltoppers to 65 in the Spartans league triumph on Thursday.

The Spartans now sport a 8-16 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichida for a A Section 7 contest on Monday, February 27. Nashwauk-Keewatin will meet a Ogichida team coming off a 94-45 league win over Floodwood (Floodwood, MN). The Ogichida record now stands at 10-8.

The Hilltoppers (3-21) will now prepare for their contest against Cherry (Iron, MN). The Tigers enter the A Section 7 contest with a 19-4 record. In their last contest, Cherry ran past Carlton (Carlton, MN), 97-52, in a league contest.