The Pope County Pirates nipped the visiting Carrier Mills-Stonefort Wildcats basketball squad by a final score of 64-58 in Tuesday's league outing.

Next, the Pirates clash with the Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinals (Norris City, IL) in a Greater Egyptian outing, on Thursday, January 23. Pope County will attempt to upgrade on its 3-12 season record. The Fighting Cardinals enter the outing with a 7-10 record after their 66-50 league win over Gallatin County (Junction, IL).

The Wildcats (1-14) will now prepare for their outing against Gallatin County (Junction, IL). The Hawks enter the Greater Egyptian outing with a 2-12 record. In their last outing, Gallatin County was nipped by Norris City-Omaha-Enfield (Norris City, IL), 66-50, in a league outing.