Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the England Lions (England, AR) and the host Riverview Raiders (Searcy, AR), saw England's basketball squad overcome Riverview by a tally of 59-46.

With the victory, England improves its record to 8-8 on the campaign. The Lions travel to Carlisle (Carlisle, AR) to confront the Bison in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, January 3. The Bison come into the challenge with a record of 5-10. Carlisle lost 50-40 in their recent non-league challenge against Harrisburg (Harrisburg, AR)

Next up, the Raiders confront the Rose Bud Ramblers (Rose Bud, AR) in a 3A Region 6 challenge, on Friday, January 5. Riverview will attempt to improve on its 1-9 season record.