The KIPP Pride Pride basketball team (Gaston, NC), was nudged 48-46 in Tuesday's league outing with the visiting Northwest Halifax Vikings (Littleton, NC)

The Vikings (4-18) will now prepare for their outing against Weldon (Weldon, NC). The Chargers go into the 1A Tar Roanoke outing with a 7-11 record. In their last outing, Weldon was tipped by Rocky Mount Prep (Rocky Mount, NC), 58-54, in a league outing.

The Pride now own a 8-11 record. They play next when they travel to North Edgecombe for a 1A Tar Roanoke outing on Friday, February 16. KIPP Pride will clash with a Warriors squad coming off a 66-65 league loss to Northampton County (Gaston, NC). The Warriors record now stands at 16-5.