Fans at Monday's non-league challenge between the McCool Junction Mustangs (McCool Junction, NE) and the host Friend Bulldogs (Friend, NE), saw McCool Junction's basketball squad overcome Friend by a tally of 53-43.

With the victory, McCool Junction improves its record to 14-8 on the campaign. The Mustangs travel to Heartland (Henderson, NE) to confront the Huskies in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, February 20. The Huskies come into the challenge with a record of 18-2. Heartland won 70-19 in their recent league challenge against Sandy Creek (Fairfield, NE)