In Friday's league outing, the Wilson Hall Barons (Sumter, SC) basketball squad nipped the host Laurence Manning Academy Swampcats (Manning, SC), by a margin of 53-50.

The Barons (9-5) will now prepare for their outing against Pee Dee Academy (Mullins, SC). The Eagles go into the non-league outing with a 5-6 record. In their last outing, Pee Dee Academy got by Florence Christian (Florence, SC), 31-22, in a league outing.

The Swampcats now own a 5-9 record. They play next when they host Pinewood Prep for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 23. Laurence Manning Academy will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 74-25 league loss to Northwood Academy (Charleston, SC). The Panthers record now stands at 1-14.