The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Long Beach Bearcats (Long Beach, MS) and the host St. Patrick Fighting Irish (Biloxi, MS), observed Long Beach's basketball squad triumph over St. Patrick by a count of 63-33.

With the victory, Long Beach advances its record to 2-1 on the year. The Bearcats travel to Vancleave (Vancleave, MS) to face the Bulldogs in a non-league match on Thursday, November 13. The Bulldogs enter the match with a record of 2-2. Vancleave lost 44-39 in their recent non-league match against Gautier (Gautier, MS)

The Fighting Irish now own a 0-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to East Central for a non-league contest on Thursday, November 13. St. Patrick will battle a Hornets team coming off a 74-41 non-league loss to Faith Academy (Mobile, AL). The Hornets record now stands at 0-2.