The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Stuart Hornets (Stuart, OK) and the visiting Kiowa Cowboys (Kiowa, OK), observed Stuart's basketball team knock off Kiowa by a score of 82-67.

The Hornets (22-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Savanna (Savanna, OK). The Bulldogs come into the Pittsburg Eight challenge with a 9-12 record. In their last challenge, Savanna prevailed over Haileyville (Haileyville, OK), 44-43, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cowboys encounter the Tupelo Tigers (Tupelo, OK) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, February 7. Kiowa will attempt to improve on its 13-5 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 17-6 record after their 49-39 league loss to Allen (Allen, OK).