OTIS-BISON GIRLS 42, NESS CITY 23 — Otis-Bison's Jade Holman scored 17 points and Grace Smith added 14 points as the Cougars swept past Ness City 42-23 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball opener. The Cougars (4-2) outscored Ness City 25-13 after halftime.

Ness City's Emma Petersilie scored 10 points.

Ness City 7 3 6 7 — 23

Otis-Bison 13 4 13 12 — 42

NESS CITY (0-5)—Emma Petersilie 4 (2) 0-0 10; B Lopez 3 0-0 6; Whited 1 0-0 2; Bishop 1 3-3 5; Totals 9 (2) 3-3 23

OTIS-BISON (4-2)—Holman 7 (1) 2-3 17; Grace Smith 7 0-0 14; Ficken 1 0-0 2; Roth 2 0-0 4; Allie Smith 2 1-2 5; Juno 0 0-2 0; Totals 19 (1) 3-7 42

NESS CITY 67, OTIS-BISON 36 — Ness City raced past the Otis-Bison boys 67-36 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball opener. Ness City's Cadyn Hurley and Benjamin Durham each scored 16 points. The Eagles made 30 of 57 field goals and 6 of 15 on 3-pointers.

Otis-Bison (4-2) was led by Kelson Juno with 11 points.

Ness City 18 13 17 19 — 67

Otis-Bison 13 3 11 9 — 36

NESS CITY (3-2)—Harley 6-10 (4-7) 0-0 16; Durham 8-13 (0-1) 0-0 16; Gall 5-15 (1-5) 0-0 11; Parsons 3-5 (1-2) 0-0 7; Brenner 3-6 1-2 7; Stenzel 3-5 0-0 6; McDonald 2-2 0-0 4; Fitzgerald 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 30-57 (6-15) 1-2 67

OTIS-BISON (4-2)—Juno 5 1-5 11; Starr 3 0-0 6; McVey (1) 2-2 5; Firebaugh 2 (1) 0-1 5; Cory 1 2-2 4; Richardson 1 1-1 3; Alloway 1 0-2 2; Totals 14 (2) 6-13 36