The Grand Haven Buccaneers (Grand Haven, MI) basketball nipped the visiting West Ottawa Panthers (Holland, MI), 45-42 in Saturday's league test.

The Buccaneers (10-1) will now prepare for their test against Grandville (Grandville, MI). The Bulldogs go into the Ottawa-Kent - Red test with a 2-7 record. In their last test, Grandville got by Caledonia (Caledonia, MI), 59-49, in a league test.

The Panthers now own a 7-3 record. They play next when they host Rockford for a Ottawa-Kent - Red test on Tuesday, January 23. West Ottawa will encounter a Rams squad coming off a 60-54 league loss to East Kentwood (Kentwood, MI). The Rams record now stands at 10-1.