In Friday's non-league outing, the West Jones Mustangs (Laurel, MS) basketball squad felled the visiting Northeast Jones Tigers (Laurel, MS), by a margin of 46-32.

The Mustangs (8-10) will now prepare for their outing against Petal (Petal, MS). The Panthers go into the non-league outing with a 9-8 record. In their last outing, Petal thwarted St. Patrick (Biloxi, MS), 59-51, in a non-league outing.

The Tigers now own a 3-13 record. They play next when they host Quitman for a 4A Region 5 outing on Friday, January 5. Northeast Jones will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 45-33 league win over Morton (Morton, MS). The Panthers record now stands at 13-3.