The North Butler Bearcats (Greene, IA) basketball nipped the visiting Nashua-Plainfield Huskies (Nashua, IA), 38-35 in Monday's league test.

The Bearcats (2-5) will now prepare for their test against North Tama (Traer, IA). The Red Hawks go into the non-league test with a 3-5 record. In their last test, North Tama was tipped by Waterloo Christian (Waterloo, IA), 49-33, in a 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 54-12 non-league loss to Sumner-Fredericksburg (Sumner, IA). The Panthers record now stands at 2-7.