In Friday's league outing, the Hannibal Pirates (Hannibal, MO) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Kirksville Tigers (Kirksville, MO), by a margin of 49-18.

The Pirates (9-7) will now prepare for their outing against Moberly (Moberly, MO). The Spartans go into the North Central Missouri outing with a 16-3 record. In their last outing, Moberly smashed Southern Boone (Ashland, MO), 68-46, in a non-league outing.

The Tigers now own a 7-8 record. They play next when they travel to Southern Boone for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 30. Kirksville will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 68-46 non-league loss to Moberly (Moberly, MO). The Eagles record now stands at 6-11.