The Walnut Wildcats (Walnut, MS) basketball toppled the host Hamilton Lions (Hamilton, MS), 57-40 in Friday's league bout.

The Wildcats now possess a 18-2 record. They play next when they travel to Oxford for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 18. Walnut will play a Chargers team coming off a 50-21 league win over Horn Lake (Horn Lake, MS). The Chargers record now stands at 15-5.

With the loss, Hamilton falls to 3-11 on the campaign. The Lions travel to Hatley (Amory, MS) to face the Tigers in a 2A Region 1 outing on Tuesday, January 21. The Tigers enter the outing with a record of 11-7. Hatley lost 68-45 in their recent league outing against East Union (Blue Springs, MS)