The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Willmar Cardinals (Willmar, MN) and the visiting Detroit Lakes Lakers (Detroit Lakes, MN), observed Willmar's basketball team knock off Detroit Lakes by a score of 53-44.

The Cardinals (11-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Sartell-St. Stephen (Sartell, MN). The Sabres come into the non-league challenge with a 10-4 record. In their last challenge, Sartell-St. Stephen was knocked off by Brainerd (Brainerd, MN), 73-46, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Lakers encounter the Perham Yellowjackets (Perham, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, February 6. Detroit Lakes will attempt to improve on its 6-16 season record. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 11-8 record after their 68-41 non-league win over Crookston (Crookston, MN).