The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Hobbs Eagles (Hobbs, NM) and the host Lubbock-Cooper Pirates (Lubbock, TX), observed Hobbs's basketball team knock off Lubbock-Cooper by a score of 54-43.

The Eagles (2-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Hanks (El Paso, TX). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 3-5 record. In their last challenge, Hanks prevailed over Canutillo (Canutillo, TX), 57-26, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates encounter the Coronado Mustangs (Lubbock, TX) in a 5A Region I District 3 challenge, on Tuesday, December 3. Lubbock-Cooper will attempt to improve on its 5-6 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 3-9 record after their 71-31 league loss to Amarillo (Amarillo, TX).