In Thursday's non-league outing, the Hatch Valley Bears (Hatch, NM) basketball squad nipped the host Evangel Christian Academy/Oak Grove Classical Academy Eagle (Albuquerque, NM), by a margin of 55-52.

The Bears (1-3) will now prepare for their outing against Socorro (Socorro, NM). The Warriors go into the non-league outing with a 0-5 record. In their last outing, Socorro was tipped by Ruidoso (Ruidoso, NM), 46-39, in a non-league outing.

The Eagle now own a 6-6 record. They play next when they travel to Legacy Academy for a non-league outing on Thursday, February 2. Evangel Christian Academy/Oak Grove Classical Academy will encounter a Silverbacks squad coming off a 57-35 non-league loss to Hope Christian (Albuquerque, NM). The Silverbacks record now stands at 5-3.