The Monroe City Panthers (Monroe City, MO) basketball nipped the visiting Marion County Mustangs (Philadelphia, MO), 51-45 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Panthers (1-0) will now prepare for their test against South Shelby (Shelbina, MO). The Cardinals go into the non-league test with a 0-2 record. In their last test, South Shelby was tipped by Hallsville (Hallsville, MO), 71-54, in a non-league test.

The Mustangs now own a 2-3 record. They play next when they host Green City for a non-league test on Thursday, December 15. Marion County will encounter a Gophers squad coming off a 79-48 non-league win over Grundy County/Newtown-Harris (Galt, MO). The Gophers record now stands at 1-0.