The Newport Greyhounds (Newport, AR) basketball edged the visiting Palestine-Wheatley Patriots (Palestine, AR), 59-52 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Greyhounds now possess a 6-2 record. They play next when they travel to Ridgefield Christian for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 14. Newport will play a Warriors team coming off a 51-37 non-league loss to Rural Special (Fox, AR). The Warriors record now stands at 10-9.

With the loss, Palestine-Wheatley falls to 2-6 on the campaign. The Patriots host KIPP Delta (Helena, AR) to play the in a 2A Region 6 bout on Friday, December 13. The go into the bout with a record of 2-4. KIPP Delta lost 57-51 in their recent league bout against Carlisle (Carlisle, AR)