The Pequot Lakes Patriots (Pequot Lakes, MN) basketball crushed the visiting Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN), 82-46 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Patriots now possess a 7-1 record. They play next when they travel to Albany for a non-league bout on Friday, January 10. Pequot Lakes will play a Huskies team coming off a 63-52 league win over Sauk Centre (Sauk Centre, MN). The Huskies record now stands at 10-0.

With the loss, Pine River-Backus falls to 5-5 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Laporte (Laporte, MN) to play the Wildcats in a A Section 5 bout on Friday, January 10. The Wildcats go into the bout with a record of 2-8. Laporte lost 75-25 in their recent league bout against Nevis (Nevis, MN)