In Thursday's league outing, the Hettinger Black Devils (Hettinger, ND) basketball squad nipped the host Beach Buccaneers (Beach, ND), by a margin of 65-61.

The Black Devils (7-3) will now prepare for their outing against Heart River co-op [Belfield/South Heart] (Belfield, ND). The Bantams go into the B District 13 outing with a 6-4 record. In their last outing, Heart River co-op [Belfield/South Heart] was tipped by Watford City/Alexander (Watford City, ND), 69-60, in a non-league outing.

The Buccaneers now own a 9-8 record. They take the field next when they host Killdeer/Halliday for a non-league outing on Tuesday, February 17. Beach will clash with a Cowboys squad coming off a 64-25 league loss to Trinity (Dickinson, ND). The Cowboys record now stands at 3-6.