In Friday's non-league outing, the Malden Green Wave (Malden, MO) basketball squad nipped the host East Carter Redbirds (Ellsinore, MO), by a margin of 63-56.

The Green Wave (5-2) will now prepare for their outing against Bloomfield (Bloomfield, MO). The Wildcats go into the non-league outing with a 4-4 record. In their last outing, Bloomfield got by Meadow Heights (Patton, MO), 66-60, in a non-league outing.

The Redbirds now own a 5-4 record. They play next when they travel to Bunker for a Black River outing on Friday, December 29. East Carter will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 66-55 league loss to South Iron (Annapolis, MO). The Eagles record now stands at 5-3.