The Defiance Bulldogs (Defiance, OH) basketball nipped the host Bath Wildcats (Lima, OH), 38-35 in Friday's league test.

The Bulldogs (7-10) will now prepare for their test against Liberty-Benton (Findlay, OH). The Eagles go into the non-league test with a 10-7 record. In their last test, Liberty-Benton was tipped by Pandora-Gilboa (Pandora, OH), 68-56, in a non-league test.

The Wildcats now own a 2-13 record. They play next when they travel to Bryan for a non-league test on Saturday, February 3. Bath will encounter a Golden Bears squad coming off a 56-48 league loss to Liberty Center (Liberty Center, OH). The Golden Bears record now stands at 5-10.