Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the East Duplin Panthers (Beulaville, NC) and the host Clinton Dark Horses (Clinton, NC), saw East Duplin's basketball squad hold off Clinton by a tally of 38-34.

With the victory, East Duplin improves its record to 10-12 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Kinston (Kinston, NC) to play the Vikings in a 2A Conference 6 challenge on Monday, February 13. The Vikings come into the challenge with a record of 10-14. Kinston lost 51-44 in their recent league challenge against North Lenoir (LaGrange, NC)