The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Sunrise Mountain Mustangs (Peoria, AZ) and the visiting Liberty Lions (Peoria, AZ), observed Sunrise Mountain's basketball team knock off Liberty by a score of 51-31.

The Mustangs (7-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Mountain Ridge (Glendale, AZ). The Mountain Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 3-7 record. In their last challenge, Mountain Ridge dropped by Cibola (Yuma, AZ), 69-22, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions encounter the Willow Canyon Wildcats (Surprise, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Liberty will attempt to improve on its 7-3 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 4-2 record after their 56-28 non-league win over North Canyon (Phoenix, AZ).