In Friday's league outing, the Port Washington Pirates (Port Washington, WI) basketball squad edged the host Hartford Orioles (Hartford, WI), by a margin of 78-75.

The Pirates (3-14) will now prepare for their outing against Homestead (Mequon, WI). The Highlanders go into the North Shore outing with a 15-5 record. In their last outing, Homestead was tipped by Pewaukee (Pewaukee, WI), 72-69, in a non-league outing.

The Orioles now own a 9-10 record. They play next when they travel to Grafton for a North Shore outing on Tuesday, February 6. Hartford will clash with a Black Hawks squad coming off a 79-61 league loss to West Bend West (West Bend, WI). The Black Hawks record now stands at 9-10.