In Friday's non-league outing, the Goldsboro Cougars (Goldsboro, NC) basketball squad nipped the host North Johnston Panthers (Kenly, NC), by a margin of 40-38.

The Cougars (11-3) will now prepare for their outing against Spring Creek (Seven Springs, NC). The Gators go into the non-league outing with a 0-18 record. In their last outing, Spring Creek was tipped by Princeton (Princeton, NC), 60-27, in a non-league outing.

The Panthers now own a 7-11 record. They play next when they host Eastern Wayne for a non-league outing on Tuesday, February 13. North Johnston will clash with a Warriors squad coming off a 59-51 non-league win over Beddingfield (Wilson, NC). The Warriors record now stands at 10-6.