In Thursday's league outing, the Avon Pirates (Avon, SD) basketball squad beat the visiting Tripp-Delmont/Armour Nighthawks (Armour, SD), by a margin of 49-30.

The Pirates (9-9) will now prepare for their outing against Andes Central/Dakota Christian (Lake Andes, SD). The go into the non-league outing with a 13-5 record. In their last outing, Andes Central/Dakota Christian defeated Freeman Academy/Marion (Freeman, SD), 41-28, in a non-league outing.

The Nighthawks now own a 6-11 record. They play next when they travel to Alcester-Hudson for a non-league outing on Saturday, February 12. Tripp-Delmont/Armour will clash with a Cubs squad coming off a 37-34 non-league loss to Baltic (Baltic, SD). The Cubs record now stands at 5-13.