In Thursday's non-league contest, the host Nelson County co-op [Lakota/Dakota Prairie] basketball team scored a close 61-57 triumph over the North Star co-op [Cando/Bisbee-Egeland] Bearcats.

The (3-3) will now prepare for their contest against North Star co-op [Cando/Bisbee-Egeland/Munich/Starkweather] (Cando, ND). The Bearcats go into the non-league contest with a 1-1 record. In their last contest, North Star co-op [Cando/Bisbee-Egeland/Munich/Starkweather] was tipped by New Rockford-Sheyenne (New Rockford, ND), 69-63, in a non-league contest.