The Laporte Wildcats basketball team (Laporte, MN), was overwhelmed 76-40 in Tuesday's league battle with the host Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN)

The Tigers now possess a 12-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Cass Lake-Bena for a non-league battle on Thursday, February 9. Pine River-Backus will confront a Panthers team coming off a 93-53 league win over Kelliher/Northome (Northome, MN). The Panthers record now stands at 19-1.

The Wildcats (2-13) will now prepare for their battle against Lake of the Woods (Baudette, MN). The Bears come into the non-league battle with a 4-12 record. In their last battle, Lake of the Woods was overwhelmed by Bagley (Bagley, MN), 70-56, in a league battle.