The Rockford Warriors basketball team (Rockford, IA), was nudged 64-61 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Riceville Wildcats (Riceville, IA)

The Wildcats now possess a 8-12 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to BCLUW for a non-league battle on Friday, February 2. Riceville will confront a Comets team coming off a 60-53 league loss to AGWSR (Ackley, IA). The Comets record now stands at 4-13.

The Warriors (4-13) will now prepare for their battle against North Butler (Greene, IA). The Bearcats come into the Corn Bowl battle with a 6-12 record. In their last battle, North Butler edged Janesville (Janesville, IA), 32-27, in a non-league battle.