The Sun Prairie Cardinals tipped the host Madison La Follette Lancers basketball team by a final score of 40-38 in Saturday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Cardinals face the Beloit Memorial Purple Knights (Beloit, WI) in a Big Eight game, on Friday, January 27. Sun Prairie will attempt to move on its 1-0 season record.

With the defeat, Madison La Follette falls to 7-6 on the campaign. The Lancers travel to Madison East (Madison, WI) to confront the Purgolders in a Big Eight battle on Tuesday, January 24. The Purgolders come into the battle with a record of 4-9. Madison East won 77-67 in their recent league battle against Middleton (Middleton, WI)