Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the South Pittsburg Pirates (South Pittsburg, TN) and the visiting Marion County Warriors (Jasper, TN), saw South Pittsburg's basketball squad hold off Marion County by a tally of 63-60.

With the victory, South Pittsburg improves its record to 16-8 on the campaign. The Pirates travel to North Jackson (Stevenson, AL) to confront the Chiefs in a non-league challenge on Friday, February 3. The Chiefs come into the challenge with a record of 1-10. North Jackson lost 79-37 in their recent non-league challenge against North Sand Mountain (Higdon, AL)

Next up, the Warriors confront the Whitwell Tigers (Whitwell, TN) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, February 3. Marion County will attempt to improve on its 8-17 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 7-16 record after their 41-38 non-league win over Sequatchie County (Dunlap, TN).