The Keota Eagles (Keota, IA) basketball nipped the host Belle Plaine Plainsmen (Belle Plaine, IA), 47-42 in Tuesday's league test.

The Eagles (5-11) will now prepare for their test against Iowa Valley (Marengo, IA). The Tigers go into the South Iowa Cedar test with a 7-10 record. In their last test, Iowa Valley was tipped by Sigourney (Sigourney, IA), 49-34, in a league test.

The Plainsmen now own a 2-13 record. They play next when they host Lynnville-Sully for a South Iowa Cedar test on Thursday, February 1. Belle Plaine will encounter a Hawks squad coming off a 50-20 league win over B-G-M (Brooklyn, IA). The Hawks record now stands at 16-3.