The Battiest Panthers (Battiest, OK) basketball nipped the visiting Fort Towson Tigers (Fort Towson, OK), 46-40 in Thursday's league test.

The Panthers (8-2) will now prepare for their test against Valliant (Valliant, OK). The Bulldogs go into the McCurtain Six test with a 5-1 record. In their last test, Valliant got by Tushka (Atoka, OK), 53-41, in a non-league test.

The Tigers now own a 3-8 record. They play next when they host Moyers for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 2. Fort Towson will encounter a Tigers squad coming off a 78-74 non-league loss to Eagletown (Eagletown, OK). The Tigers record now stands at 8-3.