The Batesville Pioneers basketball squad (Batesville, AR), was outscored 46-33 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Harding Academy Wildcats (Searcy, AR)

With the victory, Harding Academy advances its record to 4-4 on the year. The Wildcats travel to Izard County (Brockwell, AR) to meet the Cougars in a non-league battle on Friday, January 3. The Cougars enter the battle with a record of 6-4. Izard County lost 54-50 in their recent non-league battle against Harrison (Harrison, AR)

The Pioneers now own a 7-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Beebe for a non-league battle on Thursday, December 26. Batesville will meet a Badgers squad coming off a 64-53 non-league loss to Bald Knob (Bald Knob, AR). The Badgers record now stands at 6-6.