The Sacred Heart Irish (Falls City, NE) basketball edged the visiting Auburn Bulldogs (Auburn, NE), 43-36 in Tuesday's non-league bout.

The Irish now possess a 14-2 record. They play next when they travel to Pawnee City for a D1 District 1 bout on Friday, January 24. Sacred Heart will play a Indians team coming off a 69-21 league loss to Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer (Humboldt, NE). The Indians record now stands at 4-9.

With the loss, Auburn falls to 1-13 on the campaign. The Bulldogs travel to Nebraska City (Nebraska City, NE) to play the Pioneers in a non-league bout on Friday, January 24. The Pioneers go into the bout with a record of 6-9. Nebraska City won 46-21 in their recent non-league bout against Falls City (Falls City, NE)