In Friday's non-league outing, the Palmer Tigers (Palmer, NE) basketball squad beat the host Riverside Chargers (Cedar Rapids, NE), by a count of 44-34.

The Tigers (5-8) will now prepare for their outing against Elba (Elba, NE). The Bluejays go into the non-league outing with a 3-10 record. In their last outing, Elba was topped by High Plains (Polk, NE), 38-11, in a non-league outing.

The Chargers now hold a 4-11 record. They play next when they host Lutheran-Northeast for a non-league outing on Monday, January 29. Riverside will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 57-21 non-league loss to St. Francis (Humphrey, NE). The Eagles record now stands at 3-15.