The Stringer Red Devils (Stringer, MS) basketball felled the host Mount Olive Pirates (Mount Olive, MS), 60-41 in Tuesday's league test.
The Red Devils (17-9) will now prepare for their test against Sebastopol (Sebastopol, MS). The Bobcats go into the 1A Region 7 test with a 10-8 record. In their last test, Sebastopol was beaten by Leake County (Walnut Grove, MS), 69-41, in a league test.
The Pirates now own a 6-19 record. They play next when they travel to Piney Woods for a non-league test on Friday, February 8. Mount Olive will encounter a Tornadoes squad coming off a 55-41 non-league loss to Ridgeland (Ridgeland, MS). The Tornadoes record now stands at 12-5.