The Hardin-Jefferson Hawks (Sour Lake, TX) basketball nipped the host Liberty Panthers (Liberty, TX), 54-47 in Tuesday's league test.

The Hawks (11-8) will now prepare for their test against Center (Center, TX). The Roughriders go into the non-league test with a 7-6 record. In their last test, Center got by Jasper (Jasper, TX), 56-47, in a non-league test.

The Panthers now own a 8-11 record. They play next when they travel to Mesa for a non-league test on Thursday, December 28. Liberty will encounter a Jackrabbits squad coming off a 53-40 non-league win over Hamilton (Chandler, AZ). The Jackrabbits record now stands at 9-3.