The St. Mary's Cardinals basketball squad (O'Neill, NE), was nudged 41-36 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting North Central Knights (Bassett, NE)

With the victory, North Central advances its record to 11-8 on the year. The Knights host Stuart (Stuart, NE) to meet the Broncos in a non-league battle on Monday, February 9. The Broncos come into the challenge with a record of 6-13. Stuart lost 59-39 in their recent non-league challenge against Niobrara/Verdigre (Niobrara, NE)

In their next game, the Cardinals battle the Boyd County Spartans (Spencer, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 10. St. Mary's will attempt to better on its 8-12 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 4-12 record after their 80-51 non-league loss to Santee (Santee, NE).