The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Dallas Center-Grimes Mustangs (Dallas Center, IA) and the host Gilbert Tigers (Gilbert, IA), observed Dallas Center-Grimes's basketball team overcome Gilbert by a margin of 65-57.

The Mustangs (8-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Newton (Newton, IA). The Cardinals come into the Little Hawkeye challenge with a 8-5 record. In their last challenge, Newton defeated Indianola (Indianola, IA), 46-40, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Nevada Cubs (Nevada, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 27. Gilbert will attempt to better on its 10-5 season record. The Cubs come into the challenge with a 13-2 record after their 70-42 non-league loss to Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly, IA).