In Monday's non-league outing, the Excel Panthers (Excel, AL) basketball squad nipped the host Jay Royals (Jay, FL), by a margin of 41-37.

The Panthers (3-1) will now prepare for their outing against McKenzie (McKenzie, AL). The Tigers go into the non-league outing with a 0-1 record. In their last outing, McKenzie was tipped by Blacksher (Uriah, AL), 60-55, in a non-league outing.

The Royals now own a 0-4 record. They play next when they travel to Northview for a 1A District 3 outing on Thursday, December 6. Jay will encounter a Chiefs squad coming off a 72-48 non-league loss to Laurel Hill (Laurel Hill, FL). The Chiefs record now stands at 0-2.