In Friday's non-league outing, the Sidney Red Raiders (Sidney, NE) basketball squad nipped the visiting Gothenburg Swedes (Gothenburg, NE), by a margin of 42-38.

The Red Raiders (14-0) will now prepare for their outing against Yuma (Yuma, CO). The Yuma go into the non-league outing with a 9-1 record. In their last outing, Yuma got by Akron (Akron, CO), 50-41, in a league outing.

The Swedes now own a 11-3 record. They play next when they host McCook for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 23. Gothenburg will clash with a Bison squad coming off a 43-32 non-league loss to North Platte (North Platte, NE). The Bison record now stands at 7-7.