The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Jones County Coyotes (Murdo, SD) and the visiting White River Tigers (White River, SD), observed Jones County's basketball team edge White River by a score of 40-37.

The Coyotes (5-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Bennett County (Martin, SD). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 3-6 record. In their last challenge, Bennett County edged Philip (Philip, SD), 53-43, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Philip Scotties (Philip, SD) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 18. White River will attempt to improve on its 2-7 season record. The Scotties come into the challenge with a 2-8 record after their 53-43 non-league loss to Bennett County (Martin, SD).