The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Acorn Tigers (Mena, AR) and the host Ozark Hillbillies (Ozark, AR), observed Acorn's basketball team edge Ozark by a score of 54-53.

The Tigers (9-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Lamar (Lamar, AR). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 5-0 record. In their last challenge, Lamar edged Booneville (Booneville, AR), 66-36, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Hillbillies encounter the Rogers Mountaineers (Rogers, AR) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 3. Ozark will attempt to improve on its 2-6 season record. The Mountaineers come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 72-44 non-league loss to Little Rock Christian Academy (Little Rock, AR).