Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Malvern Leopards (Malvern, AR) and the visiting Maumelle Charter Falcons (Maumelle, AR), saw Malvern's basketball squad wallop Maumelle Charter by a count of 53-23.

With the victory, Malvern upgrades its record to 3-9 on the campaign. The Leopards travel to De Queen (De Queen, AR) to play the Leopards in a 4A Region 7 challenge on Tuesday, January 2. The Leopards come into the challenge with a record of 5-5. De Queen won 51-44 in their recent non-league challenge against Lincoln (Lincoln, AR)

Next up, the Falcons play the Danville Little Johns (Danville, AR) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 2. Maumelle Charter will attempt to upgrade on its 14-8 season record. The Little Johns come into the challenge with a 8-7 record after their 80-35 non-league loss to Jessieville (Jessieville, AR).