The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Bullard Panthers (Bullard, TX) and the visiting Center Roughriders (Center, TX), observed Bullard's basketball team edge Center by a score of 55-54.

The Panthers (19-11) will now prepare for their challenge against Palestine (Palestine, TX). The Wildcats come into the 4A Region III District 17 challenge with a 13-17 record. In their last challenge, Palestine edged Hudson (Lufkin, TX), 55-33, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Roughriders encounter the Rusk Eagles (Rusk, TX) in a 4A Region III District 17 challenge, on Friday, January 31. Center will attempt to improve on its 8-18 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 10-20 record after their 58-45 league loss to Madisonville (Madisonville, TX).