The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Bismarck Lions (Bismarck, AR) and the host Spring Hill Bears (Hope, AR), observed Bismarck's basketball team overcome Spring Hill by a margin of 54-41.

The Lions (5-2) will now prepare for their challenge against St. Joseph (Conway, AR). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 4-2 record. In their last challenge, St. Joseph defeated Hector (Hector, AR), 39-27, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bears battle the Murfreesboro Rattlers (Murfreesboro, AR) in a 2A Region 7 challenge, on Friday, December 6. Spring Hill will attempt to better on its 5-3 season record. The Rattlers come into the challenge with a 4-0 record after their 77-44 non-league win over Umpire (Umpire, AR).