In Saturday's non-league outing, the Mark Twain Tigers (Center, MO) basketball squad felled the host Monroe City Panthers (Monroe City, MO), by a margin of 48-37.

The Tigers (7-5) will now prepare for their outing against Silex (Silex, MO). The Owls go into the Eastern Missouri outing with a 1-5 record. In their last outing, Silex was beaten by Van-Far (Vandalia, MO), 75-45, in a league outing.

The Panthers now own a 1-8 record. They play next when they host Hannibal for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 10. Monroe City will clash with a Pirates squad coming off a 48-41 non-league win over Marshall (Marshall, MO). The Pirates record now stands at 2-4.