The Mankato East Cougars bounced the visiting Marshall Tigers basketball squad by a final score of 85-40 in Thursday's league outing.

Next, the Cougars clash with the Century Panthers (Rochester, MN) in a non-league outing, on Tuesday, December 17. Mankato East will attempt to upgrade on its 2-1 season record. The Panthers enter the outing with a 2-1 record after their 73-53 league loss to John Marshall (Rochester, MN).

The Tigers (4-1) will now prepare for their outing against Worthington (Worthington, MN). The Trojans enter the AAA Section 2 outing with a 1-1 record. In their last outing, Worthington routed Southwest Minnesota Christian (Edgerton, MN), 71-69, in a non-league outing.