The Malvern Leopards basketball team (Malvern, AR), was overwhelmed 77-48 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting Arkadelphia Badgers (Arkadelphia, AR)

The Badgers now possess a 13-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Magnolia for a 4A Region 7 battle on Friday, January 26. Arkadelphia will confront a Panthers team coming off a 63-33 league win over Hope (Hope, AR). The Panthers record now stands at 13-1.

The Leopards (5-8) will now prepare for their battle against De Queen (De Queen, AR). The Leopards come into the 4A Region 7 battle with a 5-11 record. In their last battle, De Queen was overwhelmed by Camden Fairview (Camden, AR), 61-35, in a league battle.