The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Tumwater Thunderbirds (Tumwater, WA) and the visiting Washington Patriots (Tacoma, WA), witnessed Tumwater's basketball squad rout Washington by a count of 73-26.

With the victory, Tumwater advances its record to 6-3 on the year. The Thunderbirds travel to Black Hills (Tumwater, WA) to meet the Wolves in a non-league battle on Tuesday, January 14. The Wolves enter the battle with a record of 6-5. Black Hills lost 56-39 in their recent non-league battle against WF West (Chehalis, WA)

The Patriots now own a 1-11 record. They play next when they travel to Franklin Pierce for a non-league challenge on Tuesday, January 14. Washington will battle a Cardinals team coming off a 43-31 non-league win over Steilacoom (Steilacoom, WA). The Cardinals record now stands at 8-0.