In Thursday's non-league outing, the Cardinal Newman Cardinals (Columbia, SC) basketball squad nipped the host Hammond Skyhawks (Columbia, SC), by a margin of 16-12.

The Cardinals (3-6) will now prepare for their outing against Porter-Gaud (Charleston, SC). The Cyclones go into the non-league outing with a 2-0 record. In their last outing, Porter-Gaud got by Pinewood Prep (Summerville, SC), 35-9, in a league outing.

The Skyhawks now own a 0-2 record. They play next when they host Augusta Christian for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 23. Hammond will encounter a Lions squad coming off a 21-20 league win over Cardinal Newman (Columbia, SC). The Lions record now stands at 2-0.