The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Mountain Grove Panthers (Mountain Grove, MO) and the visiting Liberty Eagles (Mountain View, MO), observed Mountain Grove's basketball team edge Liberty by a margin of 60-58.

The Panthers (8-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Norwood (Norwood, MO). The Pirates come into the non-league challenge with a 16-1 record. In their last challenge, Norwood edged Seymour (Seymour, MO), 67-55, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Norwood Pirates (Norwood, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 30. Liberty will attempt to better on its 7-6 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 17-1 record after their 71-56 non-league win over Mountain Grove (Mountain Grove, MO).