In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Marshalltown Bobcats (Marshalltown, IA) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Des Moines East Scarlets (Des Moines, IA), by a count of 59-18.

The Bobcats (4-5) will now prepare for their outing against Ames (Ames, IA). The Little Cyclones go into the Central Iowa Metro - Central outing with a 5-4 record. In their last outing, Ames smashed Waterloo East (Waterloo, IA), 52-27, in a non-league outing.

The Scarlets now hold a 0-7 record. They play next when they host Des Moines North for a Central Iowa Metro - Metro outing on Friday, January 5. Des Moines East will clash with a Polar Bears squad coming off a 41-29 league loss to Lincoln (Des Moines, IA). The Polar Bears record now stands at 0-6.