In Monday's league outing, the Princeton Tigers (Princeton, MO) basketball squad edged the host St. Joseph Christian Lions (St. Joseph, MO), by a count of 72-69.

The Tigers (17-2) will now prepare for their outing against Stanberry (Stanberry, MO). The Bulldogs go into the Grand River West outing with a 5-11 record. In their last outing, Stanberry held off Northeast Nodaway (Ravenwood, MO), 25-22, in a non-league outing.

The Lions now hold a 15-3 record. They play next when they travel to North Platte for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 30. St. Joseph Christian will clash with a Panthers squad coming off a 64-49 league win over West Platte (Weston, MO). The Panthers record now stands at 13-5.