The Ava Bears basketball team scored 56 points and held the visiting Cabool Bulldogs to 49 in the Bears league triumph on Friday.

The Bears now sport a 5-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Reeds Spring for a non-league contest on Tuesday, January 20. Ava will confront a Wolves team coming off a 62-51 non-league loss to Nixa (Nixa, MO). The Wolves record now stands at 8-5.

The Bulldogs (3-9) will now prepare for their contest against Koshkonong (Koshkonong, MO). The Blue Jays enter the non-league contest with a 3-9 record. In their last contest, Koshkonong was nudged by Liberty (Mountain View, MO), 84-54, in a non-league contest.