The Mount Olive Pirates (Mount Olive, MS) basketball nipped the visiting Stringer Red Devils (Stringer, MS), 34-27 in Tuesday's league test.

The Pirates (9-1) will now prepare for their test against Leake County (Walnut Grove, MS). The Gators go into the 1A Region 7 test with a 2-5 record. In their last test, Leake County was tipped by Mount Olive (Mount Olive, MS), 45-35, in a league test.

The Red Devils now own a 4-7 record. They play next when they host Sebastopol for a 1A Region 7 test on Thursday, January 14. Stringer will encounter a Bobcats squad coming off a 62-39 non-league loss to St. Joseph Catholic (Madison, MS). The Bobcats record now stands at 1-3.