Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Jonesboro Hurricane (Jonesboro, AR) and the host Conway Wampus Cats (Conway, AR), saw Jonesboro's basketball squad hold off Conway by a tally of 53-52.

With the victory, Jonesboro improves its record to 14-12 on the campaign. The Hurricane host Cabot (Cabot, AR) to play the Panthers in a 6A Central challenge on Tuesday, February 20. The Panthers come into the challenge with a record of 10-17. Cabot lost 64-59 in their recent league challenge against Bryant (Bryant, AR)

Next up, the Wampus Cats play the Little Rock Southwest Gryphons (Little Rock, AR) in a 6A Central challenge, on Tuesday, February 20. Conway will attempt to improve on its 7-17 season record. The Gryphons come into the challenge with a 7-17 record after their 41-37 league loss to Central (Little Rock, AR).