The Creston Panthers (Creston, IA) basketball crushed the host Clarinda Cardinals (Clarinda, IA), 68-45 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Panthers (4-3) will now prepare for their test against Denison-Schleswig (Denison, IA). The Monarchs go into the Hawkeye Ten test with a 5-3 record. In their last test, Denison-Schleswig was trounced by Kuemper (Carroll, IA), 53-48, in a league test.

The Cardinals now own a 5-5 record. They play next when they travel to Lewis Central for a non-league test on Friday, January 6. Clarinda will encounter a Titans squad coming off a 51-33 league win over Harlan (Harlan, IA). The Titans record now stands at 6-4.