The Cedar Creek Cougars (Ruston, LA) basketball edged the visiting Benton Tigers (Benton, LA), 53-51 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Cougars now possess a 13-2 record. They play next when they travel to West Ouachita for a non-league bout on Monday, December 30. Cedar Creek will play a Chiefs team coming off a 42-41 non-league loss to Ouachita Christian (Monroe, LA). The Chiefs record now stands at 13-3.

With the loss, Benton falls to 13-6 on the campaign. The Tigers host Ruston (Ruston, LA) to play the Bearcats in a non-league bout on Thursday, January 2. The Bearcats go into the bout with a record of 5-7. Ruston won 59-38 in their recent non-league bout against Pitkin (Pitkin, LA)