In Tuesday's league outing, the Denison-Schleswig Monarchs (Denison, IA) basketball squad edged the host Kuemper Knights (Carroll, IA), by a count of 63-61.

The Monarchs (10-7) will now prepare for their outing against AHSTW (Avoca, IA). The Vikings go into the non-league outing with a 4-16 record. In their last outing, AHSTW was tipped by Tri-Center (Neola, IA), 57-40, in a non-league outing.

The Knights now hold a 17-4 record. They play next when they travel to South Hamilton for a non-league outing on Thursday, February 8. Kuemper will clash with a Hawks squad coming off a 75-52 league loss to Roland-Story (Story City, IA). The Hawks record now stands at 16-3.