The Marquette Defenders (Bellevue, IA) basketball crushed the host North Cedar Knights (Stanwood, IA), 85-27 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Defenders now possess a 9-0 record. They play next when they travel to East Buchanan for a non-league bout on Friday, January 10. Marquette will play a Buccaneers team coming off a 64-53 league loss to Maquoketa Valley (Delhi, IA). The Buccaneers record now stands at 0-9.

With the loss, North Cedar falls to 0-7 on the campaign. The Knights travel to West Liberty (West Liberty, IA) to play the Comets in a non-league bout on Thursday, January 9. The Comets go into the bout with a record of 3-8. West Liberty lost 51-50 in their recent league bout against Regina (Iowa City, IA)