In Thursday's league outing, the Grundy Center Spartans (Grundy Center, IA) basketball squad edged the visiting Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels (Reinbeck, IA), by a margin of 49-48.

The Spartans (16-2) will now prepare for their outing against Dike-New Hartford (Dike, IA). The Wolverines go into the non-league outing with a 10-8 record. In their last outing, Dike-New Hartford held off South Hardin (Eldora, IA), 62-46, in a non-league outing.

The Rebels now own a 14-4 record. They play next when they travel to Oelwein for a non-league outing on Friday, February 2. Gladbrook-Reinbeck will clash with a Huskies squad coming off a 58-41 non-league win over Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton, IA). The Huskies record now stands at 6-13.