In Friday's league outing, the Houston Wildcats (Houston, OH) basketball squad edged the host Fairlawn Jets (Sidney, OH), by a count of 31-29.

The Wildcats (2-7) will now prepare for their outing against Newton Local (Pleasant Hill, OH). The Indians go into the non-league outing with a 4-5 record. In their last outing, Newton Local held off Ansonia (Ansonia, OH), 65-52, in a league outing.

The Jets now hold a 0-10 record. They play next when they travel to Russia for a Shelby County outing on Friday, January 13. Fairlawn will clash with a Raiders squad coming off a 65-53 league loss to Jackson Center (Jackson Center, OH). The Raiders record now stands at 7-1.