Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Minneapolis Southwest Lakers (Minneapolis, MN) and the host Minneapolis South Tigers (Minneapolis, MN), saw Minneapolis Southwest's basketball squad knock off Minneapolis South by a count of 59-39.

With the victory, Minneapolis Southwest upgrades its record to 21-5 on the campaign. The Lakers travel to Cambridge-Isanti (Cambridge, MN) to play the Bluejackets in a non-league challenge on Saturday, February 17. The Bluejackets come into the challenge with a record of 12-12. Cambridge-Isanti lost 61-51 in their recent non-league challenge against Becker (Becker, MN)

Next up, the Tigers play the Patrick Henry Patriots (Minneapolis, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 20. Minneapolis South will attempt to upgrade on its 14-9 season record. The Patriots come into the challenge with a 8-12 record after their 64-30 non-league loss to Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia] (Eveleth, MN).