In Friday's league outing, the Arkadelphia Badgers (Arkadelphia, AR) basketball squad nipped the host Hope Bobcats (Hope, AR), by a margin of 59-56.

The Badgers (10-3) will now prepare for their outing against Ashdown (Ashdown, AR). The Panthers go into the 4A Region 7 outing with a 0-9 record. In their last outing, Ashdown was tipped by Camden Fairview (Camden, AR), 60-23, in a league outing.

The Bobcats now own a 11-3 record. They play next when they travel to Nashville for a 4A Region 7 outing on Tuesday, January 16. Hope will clash with a Scrappers squad coming off a 68-37 league win over De Queen (De Queen, AR). The Scrappers record now stands at 8-2.