Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Marked Tree Indians (Marked Tree, AR) and the host The New School Cougars (Fayetteville, AR), saw Marked Tree's basketball squad hold off The New School by a tally of 56-54.

With the victory, Marked Tree improves its record to 25-2 on the campaign. The Indians travel to Brinkley (Brinkley, AR) to play the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Saturday, March 4. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 17-5. Brinkley won 46-43 in their recent non-league challenge against Ozark (Ozark, AR)