In Friday's league outing, the Lufkin Panthers (Lufkin, TX) basketball squad beat the host Dayton Broncos (Dayton, TX), by a count of 45-36.

The Panthers (11-10) will now prepare for their outing against Kingwood Park (Kingwood, TX). The Panthers go into the 5A Region II District 16 outing with a 8-13 record. In their last outing, Kingwood Park defeated Porter (Porter, TX), 45-43, in a league outing.

The Broncos now hold a 5-14 record. They play next when they travel to Huntsville for a 5A Region II District 16 outing on Tuesday, January 17. Dayton will clash with a Hornets squad coming off a 61-31 league win over Nacogdoches (Nacogdoches, TX). The Hornets record now stands at 8-17.