The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears (Orange, TX) and the visiting Lumberton Raiders (Lumberton, TX), observed Little Cypress-Mauriceville's basketball team edge Lumberton by a score of 50-44.

The Bears (25-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Silsbee (Silsbee, TX). The Tigers come into the 4A Region III District 18 challenge with a 18-9 record. In their last challenge, Silsbee was tipped by Bridge City (Bridge City, TX), 59-43, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders encounter the West Orange-Stark Mustangs (Orange, TX) in a 4A Region III District 18 challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Lumberton will attempt to improve on its 21-9 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 1-20 record after their 39-22 league loss to Little Cypress-Mauriceville (Orange, TX).