In Thursday's league outing, the Lone Tree Lions (Lone Tree, IA) basketball squad beat the host Columbus Wildcats (Columbus Junction, IA), by a count of 52-33.

The Lions (15-1) will now prepare for their outing against Pekin (Packwood, IA). The Panthers go into the SEI - North outing with a 6-9 record. In their last outing, Pekin defeated Hillcrest Academy (Kalona, IA), 30-23, in a league outing.

The Wildcats now hold a 12-5 record. They play next when they travel to Winfield-Mt. Union for a SEI - North outing on Friday, January 26. Columbus will clash with a Wolves squad coming off a 58-37 non-league loss to WACO (Wayland, IA). The Wolves record now stands at 4-12.