The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Pine Grove Panthers (Ripley, MS) and the host Blue Mountain Cougars (Blue Mountain, MS), observed Pine Grove's basketball team edge Blue Mountain by a score of 49-44.

The Panthers (2-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Kossuth (Kossuth, MS). The Aggies come into the non-league challenge with a 3-2 record. In their last challenge, Kossuth edged Ashland (Ashland, MS), 60-44, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars encounter the Byers Lions (Holly Springs, MS) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, November 18. Blue Mountain will attempt to improve on its 1-3 season record. The Lions come into the challenge with a 0-2 record after their 67-34 non-league loss to Walnut (Walnut, MS).