Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Brinkley Tigers (Brinkley, AR) and the host Rural Special Rebels (Fox, AR), saw Brinkley's basketball squad hold off Rural Special by a tally of 64-61.

With the victory, Brinkley improves its record to 27-3 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Marked Tree (Marked Tree, AR) to confront the Indians in a non-league challenge on Saturday, March 2. The Indians come into the challenge with a record of 33-4. Marked Tree won 69-44 in their recent non-league challenge against Bradley (Bradley, AR)