Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Malvern Leopards (Malvern, AR) and the visiting De Queen Leopards (De Queen, AR), saw Malvern's basketball squad overcome De Queen by a tally of 62-45.

With the victory, Malvern improves its record to 6-8 on the campaign. The Leopards host Hope (Hope, AR) to confront the Bobcats in a 4A Region 7 challenge on Tuesday, January 30. The Bobcats come into the challenge with a record of 13-4. Hope won 66-21 in their recent league challenge against Ashdown (Ashdown, AR)

Next up, the Leopards confront the Arkadelphia Badgers (Arkadelphia, AR) in a 4A Region 7 challenge, on Tuesday, January 30. De Queen will attempt to improve on its 5-12 season record. The Badgers come into the challenge with a 13-4 record after their 59-54 league loss to Magnolia (Magnolia, AR).