In Friday's league outing, the Willmar Cardinals (Willmar, MN) basketball squad beat the visiting Apollo Eagles (St. Cloud, MN), by a margin of 53-43.

The Cardinals (9-8) will now prepare for their outing against Redwood Valley (Redwood Falls, MN). The Cardinals go into the non-league outing with a 10-6 record. In their last outing, Redwood Valley defeated Luverne (Luverne, MN), 80-65, in a league outing.

The Eagles now own a 10-9 record. They play next when they travel to Sauk Rapids-Rice for a Central Lakes outing on Thursday, February 7. Apollo will clash with a Storm squad coming off a 69-63 non-league loss to Bemidji (Bemidji, MN). The Storm record now stands at 3-18.