In Friday's league outing, the Garber Dukes (Essexville, MI) basketball squad felled the host Birch Run Panthers (Birch Run, MI), by a margin of 59-46.

The Dukes (11-10) will now prepare for their outing against Arthur Hill (Saginaw, MI). The Lumberjacks go into the non-league outing with a 10-10 record. In their last outing, Arthur Hill thwarted Central (Bay City, MI), 64-28, in a league outing.

The Panthers now own a 4-18 record. They play next when they travel to Bridgeport for a non-league outing on Monday, February 27. Birch Run will clash with a Bearcats squad coming off a 57-33 league loss to Glenn (Bay City, MI). The Bearcats record now stands at 4-16.