In Friday's non-league outing, the Cheney Cardinals (Cheney, KS) basketball squad edged the visiting Concordia Panthers (Concordia, KS), by a count of 47-43.

The Cardinals (9-2) will now prepare for their outing against Garden Plain (Garden Plain, KS). The Owls go into the non-league outing with a 5-8 record. In their last outing, Garden Plain held off Halstead (Halstead, KS), 69-53, in a non-league outing.

The Panthers now hold a 6-3 record. They play next when they host Haven for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 20. Concordia will clash with a Wildcats squad coming off a 53-39 non-league loss to Andale (Andale, KS). The Wildcats record now stands at 6-5.