In Friday's league test, the Gray's Creek Bears (Hope Mills, NC) basketball squad trounced the host Douglas Byrd Eagles (Fayetteville, NC), by a score of 78-41.

Next, the Bears encounter the Purnell Swett Rams (Pembroke, NC) in a 3A/4A United 8 test, on Saturday, February 1. Gray's Creek will attempt to improve on its 6-10 season record. The Rams come into the test with a 3-12 record after their 78-42 league loss to Lumberton (Lumberton, NC).

The Eagles (4-12) will now prepare for their test against Cape Fear (Fayetteville, NC). The Colts come into the 3A/4A United 8 test with a 7-8 record. In their last test, Cape Fear was routed by Seventy-First (Fayetteville, NC), 66-39, in a league test.