In Friday's league outing, the Lexington Minutemen (Lexington, MO) basketball squad nipped the visiting Carrollton Trojans (Carrollton, MO), by a margin of 52-49.

The Minutemen (5-14) will now prepare for their outing against Holden (Holden, MO). The Eagles go into the Missouri River Valley - East outing with a 8-12 record. In their last outing, Holden got by Richmond (Richmond, MO), 48-27, in a league outing.

The Trojans now own a 11-8 record. They play next when they travel to Sweet Springs for a non-league outing on Monday, February 5. Carrollton will clash with a Greyhounds squad coming off a 54-40 non-league loss to Concordia (Concordia, MO). The Greyhounds record now stands at 8-10.