In Friday's league outing, the Marshall Owls (Marshall, MO) basketball squad edged the visiting Moberly Spartans (Moberly, MO), by a margin of 52-46.

The Owls (2-4) will now prepare for their outing against Lafayette County (Higginsville, MO). The Huskers go into the non-league outing with a 7-1 record. In their last outing, Lafayette County held off Lone Jack (Lone Jack, MO), 74-51, in a non-league outing.

The Spartans now own a 5-3 record. They play next when they travel to Centralia for a non-league outing on Tuesday, December 19. Moberly will clash with a Panthers squad coming off a 56-42 league loss to South Shelby (Shelbina, MO). The Panthers record now stands at 4-5.