In Friday's league outing, the Union Grove Lions (Gladewater, TX) basketball squad beat the host Linden-Kildare Tigers (Linden, TX), by a count of 55-39.

The Lions (14-3) will now prepare for their outing against Hawkins (Hawkins, TX). The Hawks go into the 2A Region III District 21 outing with a 7-2 record. In their last outing, Hawkins defeated Big Sandy (Big Sandy, TX), 71-19, in a league outing.

The Tigers now hold a 2-6 record. They play next when they travel to McLeod for a 2A Region III District 21 outing on Tuesday, December 19. Linden-Kildare will clash with a Longhorns squad coming off a 39-36 league loss to Harleton (Harleton, TX). The Longhorns record now stands at 6-9.