In Friday's non-league outing, the Bettendorf Bulldogs (Bettendorf, IA) basketball squad edged the host Muscatine Muskies (Muscatine, IA), by a margin of 52-48.

The Bulldogs (7-6) will now prepare for their outing against Pleasant Valley (Pleasant Valley, IA). The Spartans go into the Mississippi outing with a 10-3 record. In their last outing, Pleasant Valley held off Davenport North (Davenport, IA), 65-57, in a league outing.

The Muskies now own a 2-9 record. They play next when they host Burlington for a Southeast outing on Monday, January 22. Muscatine will clash with a Grayhounds squad coming off a 60-49 non-league loss to Keokuk (Keokuk, IA). The Grayhounds record now stands at 2-9.