The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Marshall Bobcats (Marshall, AR) and the visiting Mammoth Spring Bears (Mammoth Spring, AR), observed Marshall's basketball team overwhelm Mammoth Spring by a score of 58-37.

The Bobcats (5-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Jasper (Jasper, AR). The Pirates come into the non-league challenge with a 5-6 record. In their last challenge, Jasper trounced Marshall (Marshall, AR), 70-50, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bears encounter the Tuckerman Bulldogs (Tuckerman, AR) in a 2A Region 2 challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Mammoth Spring will attempt to improve on its 5-7 season record.