In Thursday's league outing, the Meridian Mustangs (Sanford, MI) basketball squad edged the host Clare Pioneers (Clare, MI), by a count of 42-40.

The Mustangs (13-7) will now prepare for their outing against Tournament Opponent (, ). The go into the non-league outing with a 101-276 record. In their last outing, Tournament Opponent held off Bloomfield Christian School (Bloomfield Hills, MI), 64-60, in a non-league outing.

The Pioneers now hold a 9-13 record. They play next when they travel to Bullock Creek for a non-league outing on Wednesday, March 8. Clare will clash with a Lancers squad coming off a 53-52 non-league win over Gladwin (Gladwin, MI). The Lancers record now stands at 11-11.