The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Madill Wildcats (Madill, OK) and the host Byng Pirates (Ada, OK), observed Madill's basketball team edge Byng by a score of 54-52.

The Wildcats (2-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Kingston (Kingston, OK). The Redskins come into the Lake Country challenge with a 8-4 record. In their last challenge, Kingston edged Idabel (Idabel, OK), 53-50, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates battle the Sulphur Bulldogs (Sulphur, OK) in a Lake Country challenge, on Friday, January 17. Byng will attempt to improve on its 4-6 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 5-4 record after their 57-49 non-league win over Lindsay (Lindsay, OK).