The Unity Christian Knights basketball squad (Orange City, IA), was nudged 73-72 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Western Christian Wolfpack (Hull, IA)

With the victory, Western Christian advances its record to 11-2 on the year. The Wolfpack host St. Mary's (Remsen, IA) to meet the Hawks in a non-league battle on Monday, January 20. The Hawks enter the battle with a record of 10-2. St. Mary's lost 33-32 in their recent league battle against Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union (Marcus, IA)

The Knights now own a 8-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Boyden-Hull for a Siouxland battle on Friday, January 17. Unity Christian will meet a Comets squad coming off a 68-56 league loss to MOC-Floyd Valley (Orange City, IA). The Comets record now stands at 7-4.