The Pine River-Backus Tigers bounced the visiting Laporte Wildcats basketball squad by a final score of 60-30 in Tuesday's league outing.

Next, the Tigers clash with the Cass Lake-Bena Panthers (Cass Lake, MN) in a non-league outing, on Friday, February 14. Pine River-Backus will attempt to upgrade on its 11-10 season record. The Panthers come into the outing with a 13-9 record after their 110-83 league win over Kelliher/Northome (Northome, MN).

The Wildcats (3-21) will now prepare for their outing against Blackduck (Blackduck, MN). The Drakes come into the non-league outing with a 2-18 record. In their last outing, Blackduck was overwhelmed by Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (Walker, MN), 67-23, in a non-league outing.