The St. Mary's Lancers (Lancaster, NY) basketball nipped the host St. Francis Red Raiders (Hamburg, NY), 44-42 in Friday's league test.

The Lancers (10-3) will now prepare for their test against Jamestown (Jamestown, NY). The Red Raiders go into the non-league test with a 0-2 record. In their last test, Jamestown was tipped by Orchard Park (Orchard Park, NY), 40-25, in a league test.

The Red Raiders now own a 3-1 record. They play next when they travel to Bishop Timon-St. Jude for a test on Tuesday, January 24. St. Francis will encounter a Tigers squad coming off a 64-33 league loss to St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY). The Tigers record now stands at 5-5.