The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Bernalillo Spartans (Bernalillo, NM) and the visiting Gallup Bengals (Gallup, NM), observed Bernalillo's basketball team edge Gallup by a score of 63-59.

The Spartans (8-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Highland (Albuquerque, NM). The Hornets come into the non-league challenge with a 5-7 record.

In their next game, the Bengals battle the Thoreau Hawks (Thoreau, NM) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 9. Gallup will attempt to improve on its 5-6 season record. The Hawks come into the challenge with a 5-4 record after their 54-40 non-league win over Crownpoint (Crownpoint, NM).