The Bland County Bears bounced the visiting Galax Maroon Tide basketball squad by a final score of 61-40 in Friday's league outing.

Next, the Bears clash with the Grayson County Blue Devils (Independence, VA) in a Mountain Empire outing, on Monday, February 3. Bland County will attempt to upgrade on its 6-8 season record. The Blue Devils enter the outing with a 3-11 record after their 53-47 league loss to Auburn (Riner, VA).

The Maroon Tide (1-10) will now prepare for their outing against George Wythe (Wytheville, VA). The Maroons enter the Mountain Empire outing with a 14-4 record. In their last outing, George Wythe routed Fleming (Roanoke, VA), 71-59, in a non-league outing.