The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Ipswich Tigers (Ipswich, SD) and the host Northwestern Area Wildcats (Mellette, SD), observed Ipswich's basketball team edge Northwestern Area by a score of 52-45.

The Tigers (3-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Warner (Warner, SD). The Monarchs come into the non-league challenge with a 4-2 record. In their last challenge, Warner was tipped by Groton (Groton, SD), 63-24, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the Florence/Henry Falcons (Florence, SD) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Northwestern Area will attempt to improve on its 2-3 season record.