In Friday's league outing, the Acorn Tigers (Mena, AR) basketball squad nipped the host Murfreesboro Rattlers (Murfreesboro, AR), by a margin of 61-56.

The Tigers (11-12) will now prepare for their outing against Magazine (Magazine, AR). The Rattlers go into the non-league outing with a 6-14 record.

The Rattlers now own a 10-6 record. They play next when they host Kirby for a non-league outing on Monday, January 15. Murfreesboro will clash with a Trojans squad coming off a 63-29 league win over Mount Ida (Mount Ida, AR). The Trojans record now stands at 22-7.