In Tuesday's league outing, the Mansfield Lions (Mansfield, MO) basketball squad nipped the visiting Seymour Tigers (Seymour, MO), by a margin of 56-53.

The Lions (11-8) will now prepare for their outing against Hartville (Hartville, MO). The Eagles go into the Summit outing with a 19-2 record. In their last outing, Hartville got by Sparta (Sparta, MO), 53-45, in a league outing.

The Tigers now own a 9-8 record. They play next when they host Fordland for a Summit outing on Friday, February 9. Seymour will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 82-59 league loss to Gainesville (Gainesville, MO). The Eagles record now stands at 6-12.