The North Iowa Bison basketball squad (Buffalo Center, IA), was nudged 38-36 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Titans (Ruthven, IA)

With the victory, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire advances its record to 4-6 on the year. The Titans travel to Northwest Webster (Manson, IA) to meet the Cougars in a Twin Lakes battle on Friday, January 10. The Cougars enter the battle with a record of 3-7. Northwest Webster lost 63-43 in their recent non-league battle against Ridge View (Holstein, IA)

The Bison now own a 1-10 record. They put it on the line next when they host Eagle Grove for a non-league battle on Friday, January 10.