In Tuesday's league outing, the Summers County Bobcats (Hinton, WV) basketball squad felled the visiting Independence Patriots (Coal City, WV), by a margin of 61-47.

The Bobcats (6-5) will now prepare for their outing against James Monroe (Lindside, WV). The Mavericks go into the non-league outing with a 9-2 record. In their last outing, James Monroe thwarted Greenbrier West (Charmco, WV), 62-59, in a league outing.

The Patriots now own a 3-9 record. They play next when they host Liberty for a Coalfield AA outing on Wednesday, January 31. Independence will encounter a Raiders squad coming off a 66-49 non-league loss to Greater Beckley Christian (Prosperity, WV). The Raiders record now stands at 2-10.