The Escanaba Eskymos (Escanaba, MI) basketball nipped the visiting Gladstone Braves (Gladstone, MI), 62-58 in Friday's league test.

The Eskymos (5-2) will now prepare for their test against Marquette (Marquette, MI). The Redmen go into the Great Northern U.P. test with a 3-3 record. In their last test, Marquette was tipped by Westwood (Ishpeming, MI), 69-67, in a non-league test.

The Braves now own a 1-5 record. They play next when they travel to Marinette for a non-league test on Friday, December 29. Gladstone will encounter a Marines squad coming off a 77-65 league loss to Wrightstown (Wrightstown, WI). The Marines record now stands at 2-8.