In Friday's league outing, the New Hope Indians (New Hope, AL) basketball squad felled the visiting Kate Duncan Smith DAR Patriots (Grant, AL), by a margin of 52-41.

The Indians (8-9) will now prepare for their outing against St. John Paul II (Huntsville, AL). The Falcons go into the non-league outing with a 7-13 record. In their last outing, St. John Paul II thwarted West Limestone (Lester, AL), 49-47, in a league outing.

The Patriots now own a 10-10 record. They play next when they travel to Boaz for a non-league outing on Monday, January 15. Kate Duncan Smith DAR will clash with a Pirates squad coming off a 43-39 league loss to Sardis (Boaz, AL). The Pirates record now stands at 13-10.