The Belle Tigers (Belle, MO) basketball crushed the visiting Bourbon War Hawks (Bourbon, MO), 70-33 in Thursday's league test.

The Tigers (3-11) will now prepare for their test against Newburg (Newburg, MO). The Wolves go into the non-league test with a 11-4 record. In their last outing, Newburg was trounced by Steelville (Steelville, MO), 61-57, in a non-league outing.

The War Hawks now own a 5-14 record. They play next when they travel to Viburnum for a Black River outing on Friday, January 27. Bourbon will clash with a Blue Jays squad coming off a 61-50 league loss to Cuba (Cuba, MO). The Blue Jays record now stands at 4-8.