The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the St. John's Mavericks (Houston, TX) and the visiting Empowering Others Prep Kings (Cypress, TX), observed St. John's's basketball team knock off Empowering Others Prep by a score of 65-51.

The Mavericks (20-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Xavier Educational Academy (Houston, TX). The come into the non-league challenge with a 11-2 record. In their last challenge, Xavier Educational Academy prevailed over Varsity Opponent (, ), 99-39, in a league challenge.