In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Pickford Panthers (Pickford, MI) basketball squad edged the host Manistique Emeralds (Manistique, MI), by a margin of 48-45.

The Panthers (11-1) will now prepare for their outing against Newberry (Newberry, MI). The Indians go into the Eastern Upper Peninsula outing with a 3-7 record. In their last outing, Newberry was tipped by Munising (Munising, MI), 51-29, in a non-league outing.

The Emeralds now own a 4-8 record. They play next when they host Negaunee for a Mid-Peninsula outing on Friday, January 26. Manistique will clash with a Miners squad coming off a 57-45 league loss to Iron Mountain (Iron Mountain, MI). The Miners record now stands at 9-6.