In Friday's league outing, the St. Philip Catholic Central Fighting Tigers (Battle Creek, MI) basketball squad nipped the visiting Climax-Scotts Panthers (Climax, MI), by a margin of 40-36.

The Fighting Tigers (4-3) will now prepare for their outing against Calhoun Christian (Battle Creek, MI). The Cougars go into the non-league outing with a 4-3 record. In their last outing, Calhoun Christian was tipped by Calvary Christian (Fruitport, MI), 43-25, in a non-league outing.

The Panthers now own a 4-5 record. They play next when they host Kellogg for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 17. Climax-Scotts will clash with a Panthers squad coming off a 52-24 league loss to Saugatuck (Saugatuck, MI). The Panthers record now stands at 2-5.