In Thursday's non-league outing, the Nevis Tigers (Nevis, MN) basketball squad edged the visiting Cass Lake-Bena Panthers (Cass Lake, MN), by a margin of 65-58.

The Tigers (9-1) will now prepare for their outing against Laporte (Laporte, MN). The Wildcats go into the A Section 5 outing with a 0-9 record. In their last outing, Laporte was tipped by Pine River-Backus (Pine River, MN), 90-19, in a league outing.

The Panthers now own a 6-5 record. They play next when they travel to Kelliher/Northome for a A Section 8 outing on Friday, January 20. Cass Lake-Bena will clash with a Mustangs squad coming off a 51-49 non-league loss to Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (Walker, MN). The Mustangs record now stands at 9-2.