In Thursday's league outing, the Slinger Owls (Slinger, WI) basketball squad edged the host Port Washington Pirates (Port Washington, WI), by a count of 53-47.

The Owls (6-9) will now prepare for their outing against Stoughton (Stoughton, WI). The Vikings go into the non-league outing with a 3-10 record. In their last outing, Stoughton held off Mount Horeb (Mount Horeb, WI), 52-47, in a non-league outing.

The Pirates now hold a 5-9 record. They play next when they host Nicolet for a North Shore outing on Friday, January 26. Port Washington will clash with a Knights squad coming off a 78-50 league loss to Homestead (Mequon, WI). The Knights record now stands at 6-12.