The Staples-Motley Cardinals (Staples, MN) basketball knocked off the visiting Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines (Wadena, MN), 62-54 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Cardinals (6-7) will now prepare for their test against Browerville (Browerville, MN). The Tigers go into the non-league test with a 3-3 record. In their last test, Browerville notched a victory over Menahga (Menahga, MN), 58-55, in a non-league test.

The Wolverines now own a 3-4 record. They play next when they host Pillager for a AA Section 7 test on Tuesday, January 11. Wadena-Deer Creek will encounter a Huskies squad coming off a 62-42 non-league win over Aitkin (Aitkin, MN). The Huskies record now stands at 4-4.