The Belleville Wildcats Girls Basketball team played host to the Cardinals of Marshall on Thursday, January 4th. In a hard fought battle between Capitol South Conference foes, the Cardinals prevailed 63-46 to remain unbeaten.

The 9th ranked Division 3 Cardinals started the game out white-hot as they built up a 25-5 lead just about midway through the first half. The Belleville squad would not go away quite so easy, as they ended the half on a 19-4 run of their own to make the score 29-24 at half in favor of the Cardinals.

"We came out and hit a few shots early to go up 5-2, then we just...