In Thursday's non-league outing, the Azle Christian Fighting Crusaders (Azle, TX) basketball squad edged the host Providence Academy Lions (Rockwall, TX), by a margin of 57-54.

The Fighting Crusaders (12-9) will now prepare for their outing against Varsity Opponent (, ). The go into the non-league outing with a 215-769 record.

The Lions now own a 10-4 record. They play next when they travel to Texoma Christian for a TAPPS 1A District 3 outing on Friday, January 5. Providence Academy will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 51-27 non-league loss to Chisum (Paris, TX). The Eagles record now stands at 6-7.