In Friday's league outing, the Holly Springs Golden Hawks (Holly Springs, NC) basketball squad nipped the host Middle Creek Mustangs (Apex, NC), by a margin of 55-53.

The Golden Hawks (3-5) will now prepare for their outing against Green Level (Cary, NC). The Gators go into the non-league outing with a 10-2 record. In their last outing, Green Level got by Cary (Cary, NC), 59-28, in a non-league outing.

The Mustangs now own a 2-7 record. They play next when they host Cary for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 9. Middle Creek will clash with a Imps squad coming off a 59-28 non-league loss to Green Level (Cary, NC). The Imps record now stands at 3-8.