The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Steelville Cardinals (Steelville, MO) and the visiting St. James Tigers (St. James, MO), observed Steelville's basketball team edge St. James by a score of 55-52.

The Cardinals (7-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Van Buren (Van Buren, MO). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 5-8 record.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Southern Missouri RUSH (Springfield, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 20. St. James will attempt to improve on its 4-4 season record. The come into the challenge with a 18-6 record after their 62-45 league win over Northwest Arkansas HomeSchool Hornets (Springdale, AR).