The Blue Mountain Cougars (Blue Mountain, MS) basketball edged the visiting Hickory Flat Rebels (Hickory Flat, MS), 50-48 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Cougars now possess a 3-8 record. They play next when they host Wheeler for a non-league bout on Thursday, December 19. Blue Mountain will play a Eagles team coming off a 50-47 non-league loss to Itawamba Agricultural (Fulton, MS). The Eagles record now stands at 10-6.

With the loss, Hickory Flat falls to 5-9 on the campaign. The Rebels host Vardaman (Vardaman, MS) to play the Rams in a non-league bout on Friday, December 20. The Rams go into the bout with a record of 4-6. Vardaman won 59-23 in their recent non-league bout against Houlka (Houlka, MS)