In Thursday's non-league outing, the Columbus Cardinals (Columbus, TX) basketball squad felled the visiting Hempstead Bobcats (Hempstead, TX), by a margin of 53-40.

The Cardinals (4-2) will now prepare for their outing against Lexington (Lexington, TX). The Eagles go into the non-league outing with a 3-0 record. In their last outing, Lexington thwarted Dime Box (Dime Box, TX), 87-41, in a non-league outing.

The Bobcats now own a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to Sealy for a non-league outing on Thursday, December 1. Hempstead will encounter a Tigers squad coming off a 61-52 non-league win over Somerville (Somerville, TX). The Tigers record now stands at 2-0.