In Thursday's league outing, the Webb City Cardinals (Webb City, MO) basketball squad nipped the visiting Branson Pirates (Branson, MO), by a margin of 58-55.

The Cardinals (8-2) will now prepare for their outing against Rolla (Rolla, MO). The Bulldogs go into the non-league outing with a 12-3 record. In their last outing, Rolla got by Central (Springfield, MO), 70-35, in a non-league outing.

The Pirates now own a 5-4 record. They play next when they travel to Strafford for a non-league outing on Wednesday, January 18. Branson will clash with a Indians squad coming off a 72-54 non-league win over Logan-Rogersville (Rogersville, MO). The Indians record now stands at 13-3.