In Friday's league outing, the Linn County Mustangs (Purdin, MO) basketball squad nipped the host Bevier Wildcats (Bevier, MO), by a margin of 38-33.

The Mustangs (3-12) will now prepare for their outing against Green City (Green City, MO). The Gophers go into the Tri-County - Northeast outing with a 16-6 record. In their last outing, Green City got by Putnam County (Unionville, MO), 62-39, in a non-league outing.

The Wildcats now own a 3-13 record. They play next when they host Bucklin-Macon County for a Tri-County - Northeast outing on Saturday, February 3. Bevier will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 43-20 non-league loss to Northwestern (Mendon, MO). The Bulldogs record now stands at 2-13.