The Picayune Maroon Tide (Picayune, MS) basketball edged the visiting Hancock Hawks (Kiln, MS), 52-48 in Friday's league bout.

The Maroon Tide now possess a 7-12 record. They play next when they host Long Beach for a 6A Region 4 bout on Tuesday, January 21. Picayune will play a Bearcats team coming off a 67-50 league loss to West Harrison (Gulfport, MS). The Bearcats record now stands at 5-16.

With the loss, Hancock falls to 10-13 on the campaign. The Hawks travel to Pascagoula (Pascagoula, MS) to play the Panthers in a 6A Region 4 bout on Tuesday, January 21. The Panthers go into the bout with a record of 14-3. Pascagoula won 74-69 in their recent non-league bout against Germantown (Madison, MS)