The Salem Greyhounds basketball team (Salem, AR), was nudged 49-47 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Mammoth Spring Bears (Mammoth Spring, AR)

The Bears now possess a 16-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Armorel for a 1A Region 3 battle on Friday, January 5. Mammoth Spring will confront a Tigers team coming off a 36-33 non-league loss to Gosnell (Gosnell, AR). The Tigers record now stands at 3-10.

The Greyhounds (10-5) will now prepare for their battle against Newport (Newport, AR). The Greyhounds come into the 3A Region 2 battle with a 3-12 record. In their last battle, Newport was nudged by Lonoke (Lonoke, AR), 46-41, in a non-league battle.