In Thursday's non-league outing, the Avail Academy (Minneapolis, MN) basketball squad edged the visiting Twin Cities Academy/Great River (St. Paul, MN), by a count of 46-41.

The (3-5) will now prepare for their outing against Harding (St. Paul, MN). The Knights go into the non-league outing with a 3-2 record. In their last outing, Harding held off Lakes International Language Academy (Forest Lake, MN), 50-45, in a non-league outing.

The now hold a 6-6 record. They play next when they host Math & Science Academy for a AA Section 4 outing on Friday, January 5. Twin Cities Academy/Great River will clash with a Dragons squad coming off a 36-33 league loss to Lakes International Language Academy (Forest Lake, MN). The Dragons record now stands at 7-6.