The Walnut Wildcats basketball team scored 49 points and limited the host Byers Lions to 45 in the Wildcats non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Wildcats now possess a 2-0 record. They play next when they host Potts Camp for a non-league game on Tuesday, November 19. Walnut will confront a Cardinals team coming off a 70-45 non-league loss to Nettleton (Nettleton, MS). The Cardinals record now stands at 0-2.

With the loss, Byers falls to 0-2 on the campaign. The Lions travel to Blue Mountain (Blue Mountain, MS) to confront the Cougars in a non-league game on Monday, November 18. The Cougars go into the game with a record of 1-3. Blue Mountain lost 66-33 in their recent non-league game against Pine Grove (Ripley, MS)