The McKeel Academy Wildcats basketball team scored 53 points and limited the visiting Bell Creek Academy Panthers to 32 in the Wildcats non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Wildcats now possess a 8-4 record. They play next when they host Fort Meade for a non-league game on Friday, January 17. McKeel Academy will confront a Miners team coming off a 57-25 non-league loss to Mulberry (Mulberry, FL). The Miners record now stands at 0-4.

With the loss, Bell Creek Academy falls to 6-10 on the campaign. The Panthers host Lake Wales (Lake Wales, FL) to confront the Highlanders in a non-league game on Friday, January 17. The Highlanders go into the game with a record of 7-9. Lake Wales lost 47-45 in their recent non-league game against McKeel Academy (Lakeland, FL)