The Ayden - Grifton Chargers (Ayden, NC) basketball edged the visiting North Pitt Panthers (Bethel, NC), 58-53 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Chargers now possess a 7-6 record. They play next when they host SouthWest Edgecombe for a 2A Eastern Plains bout on Thursday, January 9. Ayden - Grifton will play a Cougars team coming off a 70-42 league win over North Pitt (Bethel, NC). The Cougars record now stands at 9-2.

With the loss, North Pitt falls to 3-9 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to South Central (Winterville, NC) to play the Falcons in a non-league bout on Wednesday, January 8. The Falcons go into the bout with a record of 6-6. South Central lost 66-49 in their recent non-league bout against Garner (Garner, NC)