In Thursday's league outing, the Waverly Tigers (Waverly, OH) basketball squad beat the visiting Wheelersburg Pirates (Wheelersburg, OH), by a count of 49-41.

The Tigers (8-8) will now prepare for their outing against Washington (Washington Courthouse, OH). The Blue Lions go into the non-league outing with a 7-10 record. In their last outing, Washington was topped by McClain (Greenfield, OH), 60-30, in a league outing.

The Pirates now hold a 7-9 record. They play next when they host Valley for a Southern Ohio III outing on Monday, January 29. Wheelersburg will clash with a Indians squad coming off a 64-47 league loss to Portsmouth West (West Portsmouth, OH). The Indians record now stands at 5-12.