In Friday's league outing, the Janesville Wildcats (Janesville, IA) basketball squad edged the visiting Tripoli Panthers (Tripoli, IA), by a count of 54-48.

The Wildcats (1-1) will now prepare for their outing against Independence (Independence, IA). The Mustangs go into the non-league outing with a 1-2 record. In their last outing, Independence was tipped by Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton, IA), 82-49, in a league outing.

The Panthers now hold a 0-3 record. They play next when they host Postville for a non-league outing on Monday, December 4. Tripoli will clash with a Pirates squad coming off a 36-27 league loss to Clayton-Ridge (Guttenburg, IA). The Pirates record now stands at 1-2.