In Friday's non-league outing, the Kiona-Benton Bears (Benton City, WA) basketball squad beat the visiting Connell Eagles (Connell, WA), by a count of 33-25.

The Bears (6-3) will now prepare for their outing against Toppenish (Toppenish, WA). The Wildcats go into the non-league outing with a 6-7 record. In their last outing, Toppenish defeated Naches Valley (Naches, WA), 43-30, in a non-league outing.

The Eagles now hold a 4-6 record. They play next when they travel to Zillah for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 6. Connell will clash with a Leopards squad coming off a 52-47 non-league win over Royal (Royal City, WA). The Leopards record now stands at 8-0.