The ESTEM Mets basketball team (Little Rock, AR), was nudged 76-75 in Friday's non-league battle with the host Guy-Perkins Thunderbirds (Guy, AR)

The Thunderbirds now possess a 6-1 record. They put it on the line next when they host Arkansas School for the Deaf for a 1A Region 4 battle on Wednesday, November 16. Guy-Perkins will confront a Leopards team coming off a 49-27 non-league loss to Oklahoma School for the Deaf (Sulphur, OK). The Leopards record now stands at 0-3.

The Mets (1-2) will now prepare for their battle against Lisa Academy North (Sherwood, AR). The Jaguars go into the non-league outing with a 4-0 record. In their last outing, Lisa Academy North held off Morrilton (Morrilton, AR), 68-65, in a non-league outing.