The Roosevelt Roughriders basketball team (Des Moines, IA), was nudged 53-46 in Thursday's non-league battle with the host Bondurant-Farrar Bluejays (Bondurant, IA)

The Bluejays now possess a 3-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Winterset for a Raccoon River battle on Friday, January 13. Bondurant-Farrar will confront a Huskies team coming off a 47-24 league loss to Ballard (Huxley, IA). The Huskies record now stands at 6-5.

The Roughriders (7-6) will now prepare for their battle against Lincoln (Des Moines, IA). The Railsplitters come into the Central Iowa Metro - Metro battle with a 2-4 record.