The Joliet J Hawks basketball team scored 54 points and held the host Columbus Cougars to 45 in the J Hawks league triumph on Thursday.
The J Hawks now sport a 8-5 record. They put it on the line next when they host Shepherd for a B District 4 contest on Friday, January 26. Joliet will meet a Mustangs team coming off a 68-59 non-league loss to Colstrip (Colstrip, MT). The Mustangs record now stands at 5-8.
The Cougars (1-12) will now prepare for their contest against Sweet Grass County (Big Timber, MT). The Sheepherders enter the non-league contest with a 9-4 record. In their last contest, Sweet Grass County ran past Whitehall (Whitehall, MT), 57-48, in a league contest.