The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Buccaneers (Waterville, MN) and the visiting Nicollet Raiders (Nicollet, MN), observed Waterville-Elysian-Morristown's basketball team overcome Nicollet by a margin of 70-50.

The Buccaneers (8-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Randolph (Randolph, MN). The Rockets come into the non-league challenge with a 4-5 record. In their last challenge, Randolph dropped by Lake City (Lake City, MN), 58-56, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders battle the Sibley East Wolverines (Arlington, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 10. Nicollet will attempt to better on its 6-7 season record. The Wolverines come into the challenge with a 4-10 record after their 54-49 non-league loss to Loyola (Mankato, MN).