In Tuesday's league outing, the Princeton Panthers (Princeton, TX) basketball squad edged the host McKinney North Bulldogs (McKinney, TX), by a count of 44-42.

The Panthers (9-10) will now prepare for their outing against Lovejoy (Lucas, TX). The Leopards go into the 5A Region II District 13 outing with a 14-4 record. In their last outing, Lovejoy held off Denison (Denison, TX), 74-40, in a league outing.

The Bulldogs now hold a 6-10 record. They play next when they host Panther Creek for a non-league outing on Friday, January 6. McKinney North will clash with a Panthers squad coming off a 67-66 non-league loss to Lincoln (Dallas, TX). The Panthers record now stands at 6-16.