In Thursday's league outing, the Markesan Hornets (Markesan, WI) basketball squad nipped the host Fall River Pirates (Fall River, WI), by a margin of 38-35.

The Hornets (7-11) will now prepare for their outing against Lodi (Lodi, WI). The Blue Devils go into the non-league outing with a 5-15 record. In their last outing, Lodi was tipped by Columbus (Columbus, WI), 54-14, in a league outing.

The Pirates now own a 7-11 record. They play next when they travel to Montello for a Trailways - West outing on Tuesday, February 7. Fall River will encounter a Hilltoppers squad coming off a 60-45 league loss to Rio (Rio, WI). The Hilltoppers record now stands at 4-13.