In Thursday's league outing, the Tipton Tigers (Tipton, OK) basketball squad beat the visiting Eldorado Panthers (Eldorado, OK), by a count of 61-50.

The Tigers (2-7) will now prepare for their outing against Blair (Blair, OK). The go into the Cottonbelt outing with a 6-9 record. In their last outing, Blair was topped by Olustee (Olustee, OK), 65-57, in a league outing.

The Panthers now hold a 1-7 record. They take the field next when they travel to Duke for a Cottonbelt outing on Tuesday, January 13. Eldorado will encounter a Tigers squad coming off a 66-34 non-league loss to Erick/Sweetwater (Erick, OK). The Tigers record now stands at 5-6.