In Thursday's non-league outing, the St. Joseph Fighting Irish (Greenville, MS) basketball squad felled the visiting West Bolivar Eagles (Rosedale, MS), by a margin of 47-39.

The Fighting Irish (10-2) will now prepare for their outing against Winona Christian (Winona, MS). The Stars go into the MAIS 4A District 2 outing with a 2-0 record. In their last outing, Winona Christian thwarted St. Joseph (Greenville, MS), 62-43, in a league outing.

The Eagles now own a 6-8 record. They play next when they host Simmons for a 1A Region 5 outing on Tuesday, January 24. West Bolivar will clash with a Blue Devils squad coming off a 72-68 league win over McEvans (Shaw, MS). The Blue Devils record now stands at 11-5.