The North Butler Bearcats (Greene, IA) basketball knocked off the visiting Nashua-Plainfield Huskies (Nashua, IA), 59-44 in Monday's league test.

The Bearcats (1-6) will now prepare for their test against North Tama (Traer, IA). The Red Hawks go into the non-league test with a 4-4 record. In their last test, North Tama went down by Waterloo Christian (Waterloo, IA), 79-72, in a non-league test.

The Huskies now own a 1-5 record. They play next when they host Tripoli for a non-league test on Tuesday, December 19. Nashua-Plainfield will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 100-27 non-league loss to Sumner-Fredericksburg (Sumner, IA). The Panthers record now stands at 0-7.