Basketball Recap: Fort Benton Beats Chester-Joplin-Inverness for Their Fourth Straight Win

Longhorns

Previous 4 Games

02/07/25 vs Chester-Joplin-Inverness	44-41
02/01/25 vs North Star	47-39
01/31/25 @ North Star	41-30
01/24/25 @ Box Elder	46-37

Fort Benton had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They had just enough and edged the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks out 44-41. This was a revenge game for the Longhorns: when they faced off against the Hawks back in January, they had to take a 55-37 loss.

Fort Benton's victory bumped their record up to 10-4. As for Chester-Joplin-Inverness, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-3.

Fort Benton wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 44-37 win against Turner on the 8th. Chester-Joplin-Inverness has also already played their next game (against Box Elder), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.