The Martensdale-St. Mary's Blue Devils (Martensdale, IA) basketball were victorious over the host Southwest Valley (Corning, IA), 54-42 in Friday's non-league outing.

Next, the Blue Devils face the Central Decatur Cardinals (Leon, IA) in a Pride of Iowa - East outing, on Tuesday, January 7. Martensdale-St. Mary's will attempt to upgrade on its 7-2 season record. The Cardinals enter the outing with a 4-3 record after their 61-58 non-league loss to Nodaway Valley (Greenfield, IA).

The (1-7) will now prepare for their outing against Nodaway Valley (Greenfield, IA). The Wolverines enter the non-league outing with a 3-6 record. In their last outing, Nodaway Valley was dropped by Kuemper (Carroll, IA), 72-53, in a non-league outing.