In Friday's league outing, the Petal Panthers (Petal, MS) basketball squad edged the host Northwest Rankin Cougars (Brandon, MS), by a count of 51-49.

The Panthers (6-8) will now prepare for their outing against Gulfport (Gulfport, MS). The Admirals go into the non-league outing with a 4-5 record. In their last outing, Gulfport was tipped by D'Iberville (D'Iberville, MS), 51-46, in a league outing.

The Cougars now hold a 3-11 record. They play next when they host Callaway for a non-league outing on Tuesday, December 19. Northwest Rankin will clash with a Chargers squad coming off a 80-56 non-league win over Germantown (Madison, MS). The Chargers record now stands at 6-6.