In Friday's league outing, the St. James Wildcats (St. James, LA) basketball squad edged the host Patterson Lumberjacks (Patterson, LA), by a margin of 43-41.

The Wildcats (8-7) will now prepare for their outing against Donaldsonville (Donaldsonville, LA). The Tigers go into the 3A District 8 outing with a 11-9 record. In their last outing, Donaldsonville held off E.D. White (Thibodaux, LA), 60-51, in a league outing.

The Lumberjacks now own a 9-13 record. They play next when they host Southside for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 20. Patterson will clash with a Sharks squad coming off a 52-42 non-league win over Eleanor McMain (New Orleans, LA). The Sharks record now stands at 12-10.