In Friday's league outing, the Elk City Elks (Elk City, OK) basketball squad felled the host Blanchard Lions (Blanchard, OK), by a margin of 55-42.

The Elks (4-8) will now prepare for their outing against Broken Bow (Broken Bow, OK). The Savages go into the non-league outing with a 5-6 record. In their last outing, Broken Bow thwarted Hugo (Hugo, OK), 62-36, in a non-league outing.

The Lions now own a 4-9 record. They play next when they host North Rock Creek for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 13. Blanchard will clash with a Cougars squad coming off a 51-50 league win over Bethel (Shawnee, OK). The Cougars record now stands at 11-2.