In Thursday's non-league outing, the Spring Creek Gators (Seven Springs, NC) basketball squad nipped the host Hobbton Wildcats (Newton Grove, NC), by a margin of 51-49.

The Gators (7-12) will now prepare for their outing against Princeton (Princeton, NC). The Bulldogs go into the 2A Neuse outing with a 5-13 record. In their last outing, Princeton was tipped by Goldsboro (Goldsboro, NC), 84-55, in a league outing.

The Wildcats now own a 4-16 record. They play next when they travel to Lakewood for a 1A Carolina outing on Friday, February 9. Hobbton will clash with a Leopards squad coming off a 58-51 league loss to North Duplin (Calypso, NC). The Leopards record now stands at 7-10.