In Tuesday's league outing, the Monticello Mustangs (Charlottesville, VA) basketball squad nipped the host Louisa County Lions (Mineral, VA), by a margin of 41-35.

The Mustangs (7-11) will now prepare for their outing against Albemarle (Charlottesville, VA). The Patriots go into the Jefferson outing with a 17-3 record. In their last outing, Albemarle got by Fluvanna County (Palmyra, VA), 49-42, in a league outing.

The Lions now own a 5-13 record. They play next when they host Freeman for a non-league outing on Thursday, February 1. Louisa County will clash with a Mavericks squad coming off a 65-56 league loss to Hermitage (Richmond, VA). The Mavericks record now stands at 7-9.