In Friday's league outing, the New Ulm Eagles (New Ulm, MN) basketball squad beat the host Marshall Tigers (Marshall, MN), by a count of 78-67.

The Eagles (11-4) will now prepare for their outing against St. James (St. James, MN). The Saints go into the non-league outing with a 5-9 record. In their last outing, St. James was topped by Pipestone (Pipestone, MN), 75-69, in a league outing.

The Tigers now hold a 6-11 record. They play next when they host Mankato West for a AAA Section 2 outing on Saturday, January 28. Marshall will clash with a Scarlets squad coming off a 85-73 non-league win over Northfield (Northfield, MN). The Scarlets record now stands at 7-6.