The Belle Plaine Tigers (Belle Plaine, MN) basketball were winner over the host Central Raiders (Norwood-Young America, MN), 61-45 in Thursday's league bout.

The Tigers now possess a 7-2 record. They play next when they travel to New Ulm for a non-league bout on Friday, January 10. Belle Plaine will play a Eagles team coming off a 78-66 league loss to Worthington (Worthington, MN). The Eagles record now stands at 2-8.

With the loss, Central falls to 5-4 on the campaign. The Raiders host Glencoe-Silver Lake (Glencoe, MN) to play the Panthers in a AA Section 2 bout on Saturday, January 11. The Panthers go into the bout with a record of 10-2. Glencoe-Silver Lake won 99-83 in their recent non-league bout against New London-Spicer (New London, MN)