In Friday's league match, the host Colo-NESCO Royals basketball team scored a tight 45-39 triumph over the Baxter .

In their next game, the Royals face the GMG Wolverines (Garwin, IA) in a Iowa Star match, on Tuesday, January 23. Colo-NESCO will attempt to move on its 3-10 season record. The Wolverines enter the match with a 6-8 record after their 41-31 non-league loss to BCLUW (Conrad, IA).

With the defeat, Baxter moves to 2-8 on the year. The travel to North Mahaska (New Sharon, IA) to face the Warhawks in a non-league match on Monday, January 22. The Warhawks enter the match with a record of 11-2. North Mahaska lost 52-40 in their recent league match against Montezuma (Montezuma, IA)