The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Ames Little Cyclones (Ames, IA) and the visiting Lincoln Railsplitters (Des Moines, IA), observed Ames's basketball squad wallop Lincoln by a final score of 56-29.

Next, the Little Cyclones clash with the Cedar Falls Tigers (Cedar Falls, IA) in a non-league outing, on Saturday, January 18. Ames will attempt to upgrade on its 11-2 season record. The Tigers come into the outing with a 10-1 record after their 69-61 non-league loss to Linn-Mar (Marion, IA).

The Railsplitters (3-5) will now prepare for their outing against Urbandale (Urbandale, IA). The J-Hawks come into the non-league outing with a 2-9 record. In their last outing, Urbandale routed Ankeny Centennial (Ankeny, IA), 57-54, in a non-league outing.