In Monday's league outing, the Meridian Trojans (Bellingham, WA) basketball squad edged the host Lakewood Cougars (Arlington, WA), by a margin of 45-40.

The Trojans (6-7) will now prepare for their outing against LaConner (LaConner, WA). The Braves go into the non-league outing with a 14-4 record. In their last outing, LaConner held off Mount Vernon Christian (Mount Vernon, WA), 48-28, in a league outing.

The Cougars now own a 7-12 record. They play next when they host Mt. Baker for a 1A/2A/3A Northwest outing on Thursday, February 2. Lakewood will clash with a Mountaineers squad coming off a 56-33 league loss to Oak Harbor (Oak Harbor, WA). The Mountaineers record now stands at 2-10.