In Saturday's non-league outing, the Valley Indians (Lucasville, OH) basketball squad nipped the visiting Paint Valley Bearcats (Bainbridge, OH), by a margin of 56-52.

The Indians (8-11) will now prepare for their outing against Wheelersburg (Wheelersburg, OH). The Pirates go into the Southern Ohio III outing with a 14-4 record. In their last outing, Wheelersburg got by Ironton (Ironton, OH), 56-54, in a non-league outing.

The Bearcats now own a 3-14 record. They play next when they host Adena for a Scioto Valley outing on Tuesday, February 6. Paint Valley will clash with a Warriors squad coming off a 53-43 league loss to Zane Trace (Chillicothe, OH). The Warriors record now stands at 11-7.