The Ell-Saline Cardinals basketball team scored 51 points and limited the visiting Minneapolis Lions to 22 in the Cardinals non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Cardinals now have a 2-0 record. They play next when they travel to Republic County for a non-league game on Friday, December 12. Ell-Saline will confront a Buffaloes team coming off a 47-20 non-league win over Bennington (Bennington, KS). The Buffaloes record now stands at 3-0.

With the loss, Minneapolis drops to 0-3 on the year. The Lions host Bennington (Bennington, KS) to clash with the Bulldogs in a non-league outing on Thursday, December 11. The Bulldogs enter the outing with a record of 1-1. Bennington lost 47-20 in their recent non-league outing against Republic County (Belleville, KS)