The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Hannibal Pirates (Hannibal, MO) and the visiting Canton Tigers (Canton, MO), observed Hannibal's basketball team edge Canton by a score of 46-45.

The Pirates (8-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Palmyra (Palmyra, MO). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 8-6 record. In their last challenge, Palmyra edged Van-Far (Vandalia, MO), 68-29, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Van-Far Indians (Vandalia, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 22. Canton will attempt to improve on its 7-9 season record. The Indians come into the challenge with a 4-9 record after their 68-29 non-league loss to Palmyra (Palmyra, MO).