In Friday's league outing, the Tri-Center Trojans (Neola, IA) basketball squad nipped the host Missouri Valley Big Reds (Missouri Valley, IA), by a margin of 50-44.

The Trojans (4-2) will now prepare for their outing against Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute (Mapleton, IA). The go into the non-league outing with a 1-3 record. In their last outing, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute was tipped by Woodbury Central (Moville, IA), 45-36, in a league outing.

The Big Reds now own a 5-2 record. They play next when they host IKM/Manning for a Western Iowa outing on Tuesday, December 20. Missouri Valley will clash with a Wolves squad coming off a 49-48 league win over Treynor (Treynor, IA). The Wolves record now stands at 3-3.