In Thursday's league outing, the Bottineau Braves/Stars (Bottineau, ND) basketball squad nipped the visiting Towner-Granville-Upham Titans (Towner, ND), by a margin of 46-45.

The Braves/Stars (8-2) will now prepare for their outing against Bishop Ryan (Minot, ND). The Lions go into the non-league outing with a 2-7 record. In their last outing, Bishop Ryan was tipped by Our Redeemer's Christian (Minot, ND), 49-17, in a league outing.

The Titans now own a 3-4 record. They play next when they travel to Westhope/Newburg for a B Region 6 District 11 outing on Tuesday, January 17. Towner-Granville-Upham will clash with a Sioux squad coming off a 61-49 non-league loss to Our Redeemer's Christian (Minot, ND). The Sioux record now stands at 9-4.