In Wednesday's non-league outing, the Carson Cougars (China Grove, NC) basketball squad edged the host East Rowan Mustangs (Salisbury, NC), by a margin of 66-63.

The Cougars (3-8) will now prepare for their outing against Central Cabarrus (Concord, NC). The Vikings go into the non-league outing with a 4-3 record. In their last outing, Central Cabarrus held off South Rowan (China Grove, NC), 50-24, in a non-league outing.

The Mustangs now own a 6-8 record. They play next when they host West Rowan for a non-league outing on Friday, January 26. East Rowan will clash with a Falcons squad coming off a 50-38 non-league win over A.L. Brown (Kannapolis, NC). The Falcons record now stands at 3-9.