Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Des Moines Christian Lions (Des Moines, IA) and the visiting Earlham Cardinals (Earlham, IA), saw Des Moines Christian's basketball squad wallop Earlham by a tally of 69-39.

With the victory, Des Moines Christian improves its record to 8-2 on the campaign. The Lions travel to Winterset (Winterset, IA) to play the Huskies in a non-league challenge on Monday, January 9. The Huskies come into the challenge with a record of 5-4. Winterset won 62-50 in their recent league challenge against A-D-M (Adel, IA)

Next up, the Cardinals play the GMG Wolverines (Garwin, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 6. Earlham will attempt to improve on its 6-3 season record. The Wolverines come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 106-50 league loss to Dunkerton (Dunkerton, IA).