In Tuesday's league outing, the Shiprock Chieftains (Shiprock, NM) basketball squad nipped the host Aztec Tigers (Aztec, NM), by a margin of 35-30.

The Chieftains (4-14) will now prepare for their outing against Gallup (Gallup, NM). The Bengals go into the 4A District 1 outing with a 14-2 record. In their last outing, Gallup got by Bloomfield (Bloomfield, NM), 100-61, in a league outing.

The Tigers now own a 4-13 record. They play next when they travel to Kirtland Central for a 4A District 1 outing on Friday, January 28. Aztec will encounter a Broncos squad coming off a 70-37 league win over Miyamura (Gallup, NM). The Broncos record now stands at 14-4.