The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Marion Patriots (Marion, AR) and the host Cabot Panthers (Cabot, AR), observed Marion's basketball team overcome Cabot by a margin of 49-30.

The Patriots (9-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Jonesboro (Jonesboro, AR). The Hurricane come into the non-league challenge with a 9-0 record. In their last challenge, Jonesboro defeated Chi-Prep Academy (Chicago, IL), 46-41, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Subiaco Academy Trojans (Subiaco, AR) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 16. Cabot will attempt to better on its 1-10 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 8-3 record after their 61-45 league win over Charleston (Charleston, AR).