In Thursday's non-league outing, the Aquinas Blugolds (La Crosse, WI) basketball squad nipped the visiting Suring Eagles (Suring, WI), by a margin of 68-61.

The Blugolds (17-9) will now prepare for their outing against Holmen (Holmen, WI). The Vikings go into the Mississippi Valley outing with a 6-13 record. In their last outing, Holmen got by Chippewa Falls (Chippewa Falls, WI), 77-69, in a non-league outing.

The Eagles now own a 4-15 record. They play next when they host Saint Thomas Aquinas for a Marinette & Oconto outing on Thursday, February 1.