In Thursday's league outing, the Cutter-Morning Star Eagles (Hot Springs National Park, AR) basketball squad felled the host Poyen Indians (Poyen, AR), by a margin of 60-43.

The Eagles (16-1) will now prepare for their outing against Dierks (Dierks, AR). The Outlaws go into the non-league outing with a 9-5 record. In their last outing, Dierks thwarted Murfreesboro (Murfreesboro, AR), 66-56, in a league outing.

The Indians now own a 8-7 record. They play next when they host St. Joseph for a 2A Region 5 outing on Friday, January 5. Poyen will encounter a Bulldogs squad coming off a 54-22 non-league loss to Ozark Catholic Academy (Springdale, AR). The Bulldogs record now stands at 6-11.