In Friday's league outing, the Atlantic Trojans (Atlantic, IA) basketball squad felled the host Kuemper Knights (Carroll, IA), by a margin of 55-44.

The Trojans (5-7) will now prepare for their outing against Clarinda (Clarinda, IA). The Cardinals go into the non-league outing with a 4-7 record. In their last outing, Clarinda was beaten by Lewis Central (Council Bluffs, IA), 67-24, in a non-league outing.

The Knights now own a 10-2 record. They play next when they travel to East Sac County for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 6. Kuemper will encounter a Raiders squad coming off a 58-46 league loss to Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg, IA). The Raiders record now stands at 7-1.