The Mark Twain Tigers (Center, MO) basketball toppled the visiting Highland Cougars (Ewing, MO), 51-40 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Tigers now possess a 3-2 record. They play next when they travel to Louisiana for a Eastern Missouri bout on Friday, December 13. Mark Twain will play a Bulldogs team coming off a 67-31 league loss to Van-Far (Vandalia, MO). The Bulldogs record now stands at 1-2.

With the loss, Highland falls to 0-5 on the campaign. The Cougars host Scotland County (Memphis, MO) to play the Tigers in a non-league bout on Monday, December 16. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 4-3. Scotland County lost 58-53 in their recent non-league bout against Putnam County (Unionville, MO)