The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Orient-Macksburg Bulldogs (Orient, IA) and the visiting Murray Mustangs (Murray, IA), observed Orient-Macksburg's basketball team edge Murray by a score of 59-54.

The Bulldogs (13-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Madrid (Madrid, IA). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 6-15 record. In their last challenge, Madrid was tipped by Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center, IA), 51-17, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs encounter the Mormon Trail Saints (Garden Grove, IA) in a Bluegrass challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Murray will attempt to improve on its 13-7 season record. The Saints come into the challenge with a 2-16 record after their 36-29 league loss to Seymour (Seymour, IA).