In Wednesday's non-league outing, the Paola Panthers (Paola, KS) basketball squad edged the visiting Louisburg Wildcats (Louisburg, KS), by a count of 43-41.

The Panthers (2-12) will now prepare for their outing against Spring Hill (Spring Hill, KS). The Broncos go into the non-league outing with a 5-10 record. In their last outing, Spring Hill was tipped by Gardner-Edgerton (Gardner, KS), 50-38, in a non-league outing.

The Wildcats now hold a 7-7 record. They play next when they host Ottawa for a non-league outing on Friday, February 3. Louisburg will clash with a Cyclones squad coming off a 57-44 non-league loss to Pittsburg (Pittsburg, KS). The Cyclones record now stands at 5-8.