The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Marquette Defenders (Bellevue, IA) and the visiting Lisbon Lions (Lisbon, IA), observed Marquette's basketball team edge Lisbon by a score of 71-66.

The Defenders (13-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Prince of Peace Prep (Clinton, IA). The Irish come into the Tri-Rivers challenge with a 8-5 record. In their last challenge, Prince of Peace Prep was tipped by Byron (Byron, IL), 79-62, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions encounter the Cedar Valley Christian Huskies (Cedar Rapids, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 20. Lisbon will attempt to move on its 8-4 season record.