The Ankeny Hawks (Ankeny, IA) basketball nipped the visiting Valley Tigers (Elgin, IA), 55-50 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Hawks now sport a 8-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Urbandale for a Central Iowa Metro - Central contest on Friday, January 5. Ankeny will battle a J-Hawks team coming off a 80-29 league loss to Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines, IA). The J-Hawks record now stands at 2-9.

The Tigers (3-3) will now prepare for their contest against Waukee (Waukee, IA). The Warriors come into the non-league contest with a 7-2 record. In their last contest, Waukee was nudged by Johnston (Johnston, IA), 72-54, in a league contest.