In Tuesday's league outing, the St. Joseph Christian Lions (St. Joseph, MO) basketball squad edged the visiting Pattonsburg Panthers (Pattonsburg, MO), by a count of 79-78.

The Lions (7-3) will now prepare for their outing against Stanberry (Stanberry, MO). The Bulldogs go into the Grand River outing with a 2-7 record. In their last outing, Stanberry was tipped by Worth County (Grant City, MO), 60-48, in a league outing.

The Panthers now hold a 5-3 record. They play next when they travel to North Andrew for a Grand River outing on Friday, January 6. Pattonsburg will clash with a Cardinals squad coming off a 53-45 league win over Albany (Albany, MO). The Cardinals record now stands at 5-3.