In Thursday's non-league outing, the Lafayette Lions (Lafayette, LA) basketball squad edged the visiting Berwick Panthers (Berwick, LA), by a margin of 56-51.

The Lions (10-1) will now prepare for their outing against South Lafourche (Galliano, LA). The Tarpons go into the non-league outing with a 3-5 record. In their last outing, South Lafourche was tipped by St. Martinville (St. Martinville, LA), 55-47, in a non-league outing.

The Panthers now own a 7-5 record. They play next when they travel to Morgan City for a non-league outing on Friday, December 16. Berwick will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 52-44 non-league win over North Vermilion (Maurice, LA). The Tigers record now stands at 8-3.