The Mankato East Cougars (Mankato, MN) basketball crushed the host Red Wing Wingers (Red Wing, MN), 82-50 in Friday's non-league outing.

The Cougars (17-6) will now prepare for their outing against Century (Rochester, MN). The Panthers go into the non-league outing with a 16-9 record. In their last outing, Century was crushed by John Marshall (Rochester, MN), 58-51, in a league outing.

The Wingers now hold a 5-21 record. They play next when they travel to Albert Lea for a AAA Section 1 outing on Monday, February 27. Red Wing will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 76-55 league loss to Winona (Winona, MN). The Tigers record now stands at 7-17.