Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the St. Francis Indian Warriors (St. Francis, SD) and the visiting Freeman Academy/Marion (Freeman, SD), saw St. Francis Indian's basketball squad hold off Freeman Academy/Marion by a tally of 36-34.

With the victory, St. Francis Indian improves its record to 2-5 on the campaign. The Warriors travel to White River (White River, SD) to play the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Thursday, January 11. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 7-1. White River won 75-51 in their recent non-league challenge against Lower Brule (Lower Brule, SD)

Next up, the play the Lakota Tech Tatanka (Pine Ridge, SD) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 6. Freeman Academy/Marion will attempt to improve on its 2-9 season record. The Tatanka come into the challenge with a 2-4 record after their 62-47 non-league loss to Chadron (Chadron, NE).