The Dardanelle Sand Lizards basketball team (Dardanelle, AR), was nudged 57-53 in Tuesday's non-league battle with the host Mayflower Eagles (Mayflower, AR)

The Eagles now possess a 5-5 record. They put it on the line next when they host Valley Springs for a non-league battle on Wednesday, December 20. Mayflower will confront a Tigers team coming off a 87-37 non-league win over New Covenant Academy (Springfield, MO). The Tigers record now stands at 21-3.

The Sand Lizards (9-5) will now prepare for their battle against Mena (Mena, AR). The Bearcats come into the 4A Region 4 battle with a 3-10 record. In their last outing, Mena was tipped by Morrilton (Morrilton, AR), 71-43, in a league outing.