In Friday's league outing, the Mt. Vernon Mountaineers (Mt. Vernon, MO) basketball squad edged the visiting Lamar Tigers (Lamar, MO), by a count of 64-60.

The Mountaineers (2-4) will now prepare for their outing against Hollister (Hollister, MO). The Tigers go into the Big 8 outing with a 8-1 record. In their last outing, Hollister was tipped by Sparta (Sparta, MO), 48-47, in a non-league outing.

The Tigers now hold a 2-4 record. They play next when they host Nevada for a Big 8 outing on Tuesday, January 10. Lamar will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 63-43 non-league loss to Metro Academy (Shawnee Mission, KS). The Tigers record now stands at 2-7.