The Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Fighting Saints (Kerkhoven, MN) basketball nipped the visiting Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights (Tyler, MN), 56-50 in Monday's non-league test.

The Fighting Saints (10-2) will now prepare for their test against Minneota (Minneota, MN). The Vikings go into the non-league test with a 6-2 record. In their last test, Minneota was tipped by B O L D (Olivia, MN), 49-36, in a non-league test.

The Knights now own a 6-3 record. They play next when they travel to Tracy-Milroy-Balaton for a A Section 3 test on Tuesday, January 10. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 64-29 non-league win over Ortonville (Ortonville, MN). The Panthers record now stands at 5-3.