In Friday's non-league outing, the Mantachie Mustangs (Mantachie, MS) basketball squad edged the host Pine Grove Panthers (Ripley, MS), by a count of 60-56.

The Mustangs (13-13) will now prepare for their outing against New Site (New Site, MS). The Royals go into the non-league outing with a 23-5 record. In their last outing, New Site held off Walnut (Walnut, MS), 62-52, in a league outing.

The Panthers now hold a 2-19 record. They play next when they travel to Jumpertown for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 31. Pine Grove will clash with a Cardinals squad coming off a 66-45 non-league loss to Mantachie (Mantachie, MS). The Cardinals record now stands at 4-12.