The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Preuss UCSD Tritons (La Jolla, CA) and the host Escondido Charter Tigers (Escondido, CA), observed Preuss UCSD's basketball team edge Escondido Charter by a score of 45-43.

The Tritons (7-5) will now prepare for their battle against Army-Navy (Carlsbad, CA). The Warriors enter the non-league battle with a 4-3 record. In their last battle, Army-Navy was nudged by Point Loma (San Diego, CA), 38-37, in a non-league battle.

The Tigers now own a 3-9 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to San Dieguito Academy for a non-league battle on Friday, December 12. Escondido Charter will meet a Mustangs squad coming off a 55-43 non-league loss to Point Loma (San Diego, CA). The Mustangs record now stands at 2-6.