The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Taylorsville Tartars (Taylorsville, MS) and the visiting Leake County Gators (Walnut Grove, MS), observed Taylorsville's basketball team edge Leake County by a margin of 56-52.

In their next game, the Gators battle the Mount Olive Pirates (Mount Olive, MS) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, February 6. Leake County will attempt to better on its 13-9 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 5-13 record after their 42-40 league win over Stringer (Stringer, MS).