In Monday's non-league outing, the Mt. Pleasant Panthers (Mt. Pleasant, IA) basketball squad beat the host Ottumwa Bulldogs (Ottumwa, IA), by a count of 53-43.

The Panthers (12-5) will now prepare for their outing against Fairfield (Fairfield, IA). The Trojans go into the Southeast outing with a 1-18 record. In their last outing, Fairfield was topped by Mid-Prairie (Wellman, IA), 65-55, in a non-league outing.

The Bulldogs now hold a 10-6 record. They play next when they host Lincoln for a non-league outing on Tuesday, February 6. Ottumwa will clash with a Railsplitters squad coming off a 83-54 league loss to Des Moines North (Des Moines, IA). The Railsplitters record now stands at 4-9.