The Sault Area Blue Devils basketball team (Sault St. Marie, MI), dropped 59-42 in Tuesday's non-league battle with the visiting Traverse City Central Trojans (Traverse City, MI)

The Trojans now sport a 9-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Petoskey for a Big North battle on Thursday, February 1. Traverse City Central will battle a Northmen team coming off a 55-50 non-league loss to Dow (Midland, MI). The Northmen record now stands at 8-7.

The Blue Devils (7-4) will now prepare for their battle against Traverse City West (Traverse City, MI). The Titans come into the non-league battle with a 7-8 record. In their last battle, Traverse City West prevailed over Cadillac (Cadillac, MI), 41-35, in a league battle.