The Slinger Owls (Slinger, WI) basketball nipped the visiting Port Washington Pirates (Port Washington, WI), 76-73 in Thursday's league test.

The Owls (8-6) will now prepare for their test against Grafton (Grafton, WI). The Black Hawks go into the North Shore test with a 8-6 record. In their last test, Grafton was tipped by Minnetonka (Minnetonka, MN), 86-76, in a non-league test.

The Pirates now own a 0-13 record. They play next when they travel to West Bend for a North Shore test on Monday, January 22. Port Washington will encounter a Suns squad coming off a 86-76 non-league loss to Waukesha South (Waukesha, WI). The Suns record now stands at 0-14.