In Friday's league outing, the Sylvan Hills Bears (Sherwood, AR) basketball squad edged the host Maumelle Hornets (Maumelle, AR), by a count of 43-37.

The Bears (3-8) will now prepare for their outing against Mount St. Mary Academy (Little Rock, AR). The Belles go into the 5A Central outing with a 5-11 record. In their last outing, Mount St. Mary Academy held off ESTEM (Little Rock, AR), 60-31, in a league outing.

The Hornets now hold a 2-11 record. They play next when they travel to Parkview for a 5A Central outing on Tuesday, January 9. Maumelle will clash with a Patriots squad coming off a 55-45 league win over Jacksonville (Jacksonville, AR). The Patriots record now stands at 5-13.