In Tuesday's league outing, the South O'Brien Wolverines (Paullina, IA) basketball squad nipped the host Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union Royals (Marcus, IA), by a margin of 52-45.

The Wolverines (11-6) will now prepare for their outing against Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (Hartley, IA). The Hawks go into the War Eagle outing with a 10-7 record. In their last outing, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn got by Trinity Christian (Hull, IA), 69-46, in a league outing.

The Royals now own a 6-9 record. They play next when they travel to Kingsley-Pierson for a non-league outing on Thursday, February 2. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union will clash with a Panthers squad coming off a 50-36 non-league win over West Monona (Onawa, IA). The Panthers record now stands at 11-3.