The Owatonna Huskies (Owatonna, MN) basketball edged the visiting Century Panthers (Rochester, MN), 72-68 in Thursday's league bout.

The Huskies now possess a 5-1 record. They play next when they host Blaine for a non-league bout on Friday, December 27. Owatonna will play a Bengals team coming off a 110-104 non-league loss to Champlin Park (Champlin, MN). The Bengals record now stands at 2-4.

With the loss, Century falls to 3-3 on the campaign. The Panthers host Lakeville North (Lakeville, MN) to play the Panthers in a AAAA Section 1 bout on Saturday, December 21. The Panthers go into the bout with a record of 3-3. Lakeville North lost 77-58 in their recent non-league bout against Prior Lake (Prior Lake, MN)