The Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars basketball team (Zumbrota, MN), was nudged 67-62 in Friday's league outing with the host Lake City Tigers (Lake City, MN)

The Tigers (12-0) will now prepare for their outing against Byron (Byron, MN). The Bears go into the non-league outing with a 7-5 record. In their last outing, Byron got by Washburn (Minneapolis, MN), 80-68, in a non-league outing.

The Cougars now own a 7-4 record. They play next when they travel to Lourdes for a AA Section 1 outing on Saturday, January 14. Zumbrota-Mazeppa will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 71-68 non-league loss to Cannon Falls (Cannon Falls, MN). The Eagles record now stands at 6-7.