In Tuesday's league outing, the Mankato East Cougars (Mankato, MN) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Austin Packers (Austin, MN), by a count of 86-65.

The Cougars (2-0) will now prepare for their outing against St. Peter (St. Peter, MN). The Saints go into the AAA Section 2 outing with a 0-2 record. In their last outing, St. Peter was crushed by Glencoe-Silver Lake (Glencoe, MN), 91-78, in a non-league outing.

The Packers now hold a 1-1 record. They play next when they host Red Wing for a AAA Section 1 outing on Tuesday, December 13. Austin will clash with a Wingers squad coming off a 77-42 non-league win over East Central/Harvest Christian (Sandstone, MN). The Wingers record now stands at 1-0.