The Gladstone Braves (Gladstone, MI) basketball felled the visiting Westwood Patriots (Ishpeming, MI), 63-50 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Braves (4-4) will now prepare for their test against Kingsford (Kingsford, MI). The Flivvers go into the Great Northern U.P. test with a 5-1 record. In their last test, Kingsford thwarted Forest Park (Crystal Falls, MI), 65-50, in a non-league test.

The Patriots now own a 6-3 record. They play next when they host Escanaba for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 17. Westwood will encounter a Eskymos squad coming off a 63-59 non-league loss to Iron Mountain (Iron Mountain, MI). The Eskymos record now stands at 6-3.