The Palestine-Wheatley Patriots (Palestine, AR) basketball edged the host KIPP Delta (Helena, AR), 55-50 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Patriots now possess a 5-7 record. They play next when they travel to Barton for a non-league bout on Friday, December 20. Palestine-Wheatley will play a Bears team coming off a 82-29 league win over Hazen (Hazen, AR). The Bears record now stands at 9-2.

With the loss, KIPP Delta falls to 2-7 on the campaign. The travel to Central (West Helena, AR) to play the Cougars in a non-league bout on Friday, December 20. The Cougars go into the bout with a record of 5-11. Central won 65-27 in their recent non-league bout against Marvell (Marvell, AR)