In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Marshalltown Bobcats (Marshalltown, IA) basketball squad edged the host Des Moines North Polar Bears (Des Moines, IA), by a count of 70-66.

The Bobcats (7-3) will now prepare for their outing against Ames (Ames, IA). The Little Cyclones go into the Central Iowa Metro - North outing with a 1-4 record. In their last outing, Ames held off Waterloo East (Waterloo, IA), 65-59, in a non-league outing.

The Polar Bears now hold a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to Des Moines East for a Freelance outing on Friday, January 6. Des Moines North will clash with a Scarlets squad coming off a 85-60 non-league loss to Marshalltown (Marshalltown, IA). The Scarlets record now stands at 1-3.