The Ouachita Parish Lions basketball team scored 57 points and limited the visiting Franklin Parish Patriots to 42 in the Lions non-league triumph on Friday.

The Lions now possess a 14-7 record. They play next when they host Vidalia for a non-league game on Wednesday, January 8. Ouachita Parish will confront a Vikings team coming off a 54-52 non-league loss to Pine (Franklinton, LA). The Vikings record now stands at 9-14.

With the loss, Franklin Parish falls to 12-12 on the campaign. The Patriots travel to Jennings (Jennings, LA) to confront the Bulldogs in a non-league game on Saturday, January 4. The Bulldogs go into the game with a record of 7-9. Jennings lost 68-59 in their recent non-league game against Opelousas (Opelousas, LA)