Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Mitchell Kernels (Mitchell, SD) and the host Roosevelt Rough Riders (Sioux Falls, SD), witnessed Mitchell's basketball squad topple Roosevelt by a margin of 54-37.

The Kernels (4-3) will now prepare for their test against Lincoln (Sioux Falls, SD). The Patriots go into the AA test with a 4-6 record. In their last test, Lincoln went down by O'Gorman (Sioux Falls, SD), 53-39, in a league test.

The Rough Riders now own a 0-9 record. They play next when they host Yankton for a AA test on Thursday, January 19. Roosevelt will encounter a Bucks/Gazelles squad coming off a 65-45 league loss to Jefferson (Sioux Falls, SD). The Bucks/Gazelles record now stands at 0-8.