In Thursday's league outing, the St. Ansgar Saints (St. Ansgar, IA) basketball squad beat the visiting Central Springs Panthers (Manly, IA), by a margin of 52-44.

The Saints (4-1) will now prepare for their outing against North Butler (Greene, IA). The Bearcats go into the Corn Bowl outing with a 1-2 record. In their last outing, North Butler was topped by Central Springs (Manly, IA), 66-34, in a league outing.

The Panthers now own a 2-2 record. They play next when they travel to Belmond-Klemme for a non-league outing on Monday, December 12. Central Springs will clash with a Broncos squad coming off a 63-35 non-league win over Eagle Grove (Eagle Grove, IA). The Broncos record now stands at 2-1.