The Blue Mountain Cougars were victorious over the visiting Hickory Flat Rebels basketball squad by a final score of 57-45 in Tuesday's league outing.

Next, the Cougars face the Wheeler Eagles (Wheeler, MS) in a non-league outing, on Thursday, December 19. Blue Mountain will attempt to upgrade on its 2-8 season record. The Eagles enter the outing with a 9-5 record after their 66-57 non-league loss to Itawamba Agricultural (Fulton, MS).

The Rebels (1-11) will now prepare for their outing against Vardaman (Vardaman, MS). The Rams enter the non-league outing with a 3-7 record. In their last outing, Vardaman was dropped by Houlka (Houlka, MS), 45-38, in a non-league outing.