The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Oktaha Tigers (Oktaha, OK) and the visiting Hulbert Riders (Hulbert, OK), observed Oktaha's basketball team knock off Hulbert by a score of 61-49.

The Tigers (7-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Wilson-Henryetta (Henryetta, OK). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 7-4 record. In their last challenge, Wilson-Henryetta prevailed over McLain Science & Tech (Tulsa, OK), 48-26, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Riders encounter the Porter Pirates (Porter, OK) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 18. Hulbert will attempt to improve on its 5-8 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 1-9 record after their 71-37 non-league loss to Oktaha (Oktaha, OK).