In Saturday's non-league outing, the Mankato West Scarlets (Mankato, MN) basketball squad beat the visiting John Marshall Rockets (Rochester, MN), by a margin of 64-56.

The Scarlets (5-4) will now prepare for their outing against Mankato East (Mankato, MN). The Cougars go into the AAA Section 2 outing with a 5-3 record. In their last outing, Mankato East defeated John Marshall (Rochester, MN), 69-50, in a non-league outing.

The Rockets now own a 3-4 record. They play next when they travel to Red Wing for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 10. John Marshall will clash with a Wingers squad coming off a 42-39 league loss to Faribault (Faribault, MN). The Wingers record now stands at 4-5.