The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the St. Francis Fighting Saints (St. Francis, MN) and the host Duluth East Greyhounds (Duluth, MN), observed St. Francis's basketball team edge Duluth East by a score of 44-41.

The Fighting Saints (6-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Monticello (Monticello, MN). The Magic come into the AAA Section 5 challenge with a 13-0 record. In their last challenge, Monticello edged Big Lake (Big Lake, MN), 68-27, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Greyhounds battle the Zimmerman Thunder (Zimmerman, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 13. Duluth East will attempt to improve on its 5-11 season record. The Thunder come into the challenge with a 4-5 record after their 68-36 league loss to Becker (Becker, MN).