The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Texas Tigers (Texarkana, TX) and the host Nacogdoches Dragons (Nacogdoches, TX), observed Texas's basketball team knock off Nacogdoches by a score of 55-35.

The Tigers (10-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Tyler (Tyler, TX). The Lions come into the 5A Region II District 10 challenge with a 14-7 record. In their last challenge, Tyler prevailed over Hallsville (Hallsville, TX), 44-43, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Dragons encounter the Mt. Pleasant Tigers (Mt. Pleasant, TX) in a 5A Region II District 10 challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Nacogdoches will attempt to improve on its 8-10 season record. The Tigers go into the bout with a 16-4 record after their 52-28 league win over Whitehouse (Whitehouse, TX).