The Harper Creek Beavers basketball team (Battle Creek, MI), was nudged 48-41 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting Pennfield Panthers (Battle Creek, MI)

The Panthers (3-3) will now prepare for their outing against Coldwater (Coldwater, MI). The Cardinals go into the Interstate Eight outing with a 3-5 record. In their last outing, Coldwater held off Northwest (Jackson, MI), 73-62, in a league outing.

The Beavers now own a 2-5 record. They play next when they travel to Lumen Christi Catholic for a Interstate Eight outing on Friday, January 13. Harper Creek will clash with a Titans squad coming off a 43-40 league loss to Marshall (Marshall, MI). The Titans record now stands at 3-3.