The Winston Red Birds (Winston, MO) basketball edged the host Albany Warriors (Albany, MO), 53-48 in Monday's non-league bout.

The Red Birds now possess a 10-5 record. They play next when they travel to Tri-County for a HDC bout on Tuesday, January 21. Winston will play a Mustangs team coming off a 68-52 non-league loss to North Harrison (Eagleville, MO). The Mustangs record now stands at 4-6.

With the loss, Albany falls to 5-10 on the campaign. The Warriors travel to Pattonsburg (Pattonsburg, MO) to play the Panthers in a Grand River West bout on Tuesday, January 21. The Panthers go into the bout with a record of 2-10. Pattonsburg won 62-30 in their recent non-league bout against DeKalb (DeKalb, MO)