In Friday's league outing, the East Central Cardinals (Tulsa, OK) basketball squad nipped the visiting Pryor Tigers (Pryor, OK), by a margin of 33-32.

The Cardinals (8-10) will now prepare for their outing against Tahlequah (Tahlequah, OK). The Tigers go into the 5A District 3 outing with a 19-2 record. In their last outing, Tahlequah got by Collinsville (Collinsville, OK), 49-42, in a league outing.

The Tigers now own a 3-13 record. They play next when they host Claremore for a 5A District 3 outing on Saturday, February 3. Pryor will encounter a Zebras squad coming off a 63-21 league loss to Booker T. Washington (Tulsa, OK). The Zebras record now stands at 1-16.