The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears (Orange, TX) and the host Lumberton Raiders (Lumberton, TX), observed Little Cypress-Mauriceville's basketball team edge Lumberton by a score of 50-48.

The Bears (27-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Palestine (Palestine, TX). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 14-18 record. In their last challenge, Palestine edged Center (Center, TX), 47-42, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders encounter the Bullard Panthers (Bullard, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, February 10. Lumberton will attempt to improve on its 22-10 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 20-12 record after their 52-32 league loss to Madisonville (Madisonville, TX).