In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Hopkins Royals (Minnetonka, MN) basketball squad edged the visiting St. Michael-Albertville Knights (Albertville, MN), by a count of 80-78.

The Royals (23-2) will now prepare for their outing against Minnetonka (Minnetonka, MN). The Skippers go into the non-league outing with a 23-2 record. In their last outing, Minnetonka held off Edina (Edina, MN), 68-29, in a non-league outing.

The Knights now hold a 19-6 record. They play next when they travel to Wayzata for a non-league outing on Friday, February 23. St. Michael-Albertville will clash with a Trojans squad coming off a 82-69 league loss to Hopkins (Minnetonka, MN). The Trojans record now stands at 17-7.