The Pawnee Black Bears basketball team scored 57 points and limited the host Newkirk Tigers to 56 in the Black Bears non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Black Bears now possess a 4-3 record. They play next when they host Frontier for a non-league game on Thursday, January 9. Pawnee will play a Mustangs team coming off a 51-46 non-league win over Yale (Yale, OK). The Mustangs record now stands at 10-1.

With the loss, Newkirk falls to 1-9 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Washington (Washington, OK) to play the Warriors in a non-league game on Wednesday, January 8. The Warriors go into the game with a record of 6-1. Washington won 77-68 in their recent non-league game against Cashion (Cashion, OK)