The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears (Algona, IA) and the host North Iowa Bison (Buffalo Center, IA), observed Bishop Garrigan's basketball team overwhelm North Iowa by a score of 83-53.

The Golden Bears (7-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Forest City (Forest City, IA). The Indians come into the non-league challenge with a 6-2 record. In their last challenge, Forest City was routed by Belmond-Klemme (Belmond, IA), 62-61, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Bison encounter the Lake Mills Bulldogs (Lake Mills, IA) in a North Iowa challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. North Iowa will attempt to improve on its 3-5 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 6-3 record after their 68-37 non-league win over North Union (Armstrong, IA).