In Thursday's league outing, the Des Moines Christian Lions (Des Moines, IA) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Earlham Cardinals (Earlham, IA), by a margin of 52-26.

The Lions (9-2) will now prepare for their outing against Winterset (Winterset, IA). The Huskies go into the non-league outing with a 6-3 record. In their last outing, Winterset smashed A-D-M (Adel, IA), 38-25, in a league outing.

The Cardinals now own a 7-2 record. They play next when they host Pleasantville for a West Central outing on Tuesday, January 10. Earlham will clash with a Trojans squad coming off a 49-47 league loss to Interstate 35 (Truro, IA). The Trojans record now stands at 4-6.