Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Mansfield Tigers (Mansfield, AR) and the host Mountainburg Dragons (Mountainburg, AR), saw Mansfield's basketball squad hold off Mountainburg by a tally of 54-49.

With the victory, Mansfield improves its record to 16-10 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Lavaca (Lavaca, AR) to confront the Golden Arrows in a non-league challenge on Friday, February 16. The Golden Arrows come into the challenge with a record of 20-9. Lavaca won 55-32 in their recent non-league challenge against Hector (Hector, AR)

Next up, the Dragons confront the Hector Wildcats (Hector, AR) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, February 16. Mountainburg will attempt to improve on its 14-10 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 12-14 record after their 55-32 non-league loss to Lavaca (Lavaca, AR).