In Tuesday's league outing, the Ponder Lions (Ponder, TX) basketball squad nipped the visiting Whitesboro Bearcats (Whitesboro, TX), by a margin of 52-50.

The Lions (9-16) will now prepare for their outing against S & S Consolidated (Sadler, TX). The Rams go into the 3A Region II District 10 outing with a 13-8 record. In their last outing, S & S Consolidated got by Valley View (Valley View, TX), 42-34, in a league outing.

The Bearcats now own a 17-9 record. They play next when they host Callisburg for a 3A Region II District 10 outing on Friday, January 13. Whitesboro will clash with a Wildcats squad coming off a 39-18 league win over Pilot Point (Pilot Point, TX). The Wildcats record now stands at 9-12.