The Paint Rock Indians basketball team (Paint Rock, TX), was tipped 42-39 in Thursday's non-league challenge with the host Blackwell Hornets (Blackwell, TX)

The Hornets (1-8) will now prepare for their battle against Highland (Roscoe, TX). The Hornets enter the non-league battle with a 5-5 record. In their last battle, Highland was nudged by Irion County (Mertzon, TX), 57-48, in a non-league battle.

The Indians now have a 2-8 record. They play next when they travel to Winters for a non-league challenge on Thursday, December 11. Paint Rock will battle a Blizzards team coming off a 63-32 non-league loss to Eula (Clyde, TX). The Blizzards record now stands at 7-4.