In Friday's league outing, the Austin Black Bears (Decatur, AL) basketball squad beat the visiting Florence Falcons (Florence, AL), by a count of 42-23.

The Black Bears (10-13) will now prepare for their outing against Fairview (Cullman, AL). The Aggies go into the non-league outing with a 4-19 record. In their last outing, Fairview was topped by Scottsboro (Scottsboro, AL), 81-52, in a league outing.

The Falcons now hold a 8-14 record. They play next when they host James Clemens for a 7A Area 8 outing on Saturday, January 27. Florence will clash with a Jets squad coming off a 48-32 league loss to Bob Jones (Madison, AL). The Jets record now stands at 15-8.