The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Bloomfield Wildcats (Bloomfield, MO) and the visiting Malden Green Wave (Malden, MO), observed Bloomfield's basketball team edge Malden by a score of 40-35.

The Wildcats (6-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Doniphan (Doniphan, MO). The Dons come into the non-league challenge with a 6-3 record. In their last challenge, Doniphan edged Holcomb (Holcomb, MO), 66-60, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Green Wave encounter the Caruthersville Tigers (Caruthersville, MO) in a Bootheel challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Malden will attempt to improve on its 0-8 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 2-4 record after their 71-66 non-league loss to Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau, MO).