The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Smithton Tigers (Smithton, MO) and the visiting Slater Wildcats (Slater, MO), observed Smithton's basketball team edge Slater by a margin of 28-24.

The Tigers (2-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Jamestown (Jamestown, MO). The come into the non-league challenge with a 6-2 record. In their last challenge, Jamestown was tipped by St. Elizabeth (St. Elizabeth, MO), 67-32, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats battle the Bucklin-Macon County Bulldogs (Bucklin, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Slater will attempt to better on its 1-7 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 4-6 record after their 69-55 non-league loss to Keokuk (Keokuk, IA).