In Friday's league outing, the Mountain Home Bombers (Mountain Home, AR) basketball squad edged the visiting Van Buren Pointers (Van Buren, AR), by a count of 50-49.

The Bombers (17-5) will now prepare for their outing against Russellville (Russellville, AR). The Cyclones go into the 5A West outing with a 17-6 record. In their last outing, Russellville held off Alma (Alma, AR), 60-39, in a league outing.

The Pointers now hold a 11-8 record. They play next when they host Alma for a 5A West outing on Tuesday, February 13. Van Buren will clash with a Airedales squad coming off a 60-39 league loss to Russellville (Russellville, AR). The Airedales record now stands at 6-18.