In Friday's non-league outing, the St. Ansgar Saints (St. Ansgar, IA) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Newman Catholic Knights (Mason City, IA), by a count of 73-42.

The Saints (13-6) will now prepare for their outing against Clarksville (Clarksville, IA). The Indians go into the non-league outing with a 4-14 record. In their last outing, Clarksville was crushed by Dunkerton (Dunkerton, IA), 83-46, in a league outing.

The Knights now hold a 13-7 record. They play next when they host North Butler for a non-league outing on Saturday, February 3. Newman Catholic will clash with a Bearcats squad coming off a 45-44 league loss to Rockford (Rockford, IA). The Bearcats record now stands at 6-13.