The St. James Saints (St. James, MN) basketball edged the visiting Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights (Lake Crystal, MN), 59-56 in Monday's non-league bout.

The Saints now possess a 14-10 record. They play next when they travel to New Ulm for a non-league bout on Thursday, February 13. St. James will play a Eagles team coming off a 66-63 non-league win over Willmar (Willmar, MN). The Eagles record now stands at 7-15.

With the loss, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial falls to 15-7 on the campaign. The Knights travel to Minnesota Valley Lutheran (New Ulm, MN) to play the Chargers in a AA Section 2 bout on Thursday, February 13. The Chargers go into the bout with a record of 12-10. Minnesota Valley Lutheran lost 70-50 in their recent league bout against Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (Janesville, MN)