In Saturday's non-league outing, the Melrose Buffaloes (Melrose, NM) basketball squad edged the host Ruidoso Warriors (Ruidoso, NM), by a count of 49-47.

The Buffaloes (14-2) will now prepare for their outing against Texico (Texico, NM). The Wolverines go into the non-league outing with a 6-10 record. In their last outing, Texico held off Academy for Technology and The Classics (Santa Fe, NM), 31-7, in a non-league outing.

The Warriors now hold a 6-8 record. They play next when they host Hatch Valley for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 23. Ruidoso will clash with a Bears squad coming off a 41-26 non-league loss to Quemado (Quemado, NM). The Bears record now stands at 3-9.