The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Whitewright Tigers (Whitewright, TX) and the visiting Bowie Pirates (Simms, TX), observed Whitewright's basketball team edge Bowie by a score of 44-37.

The Tigers (10-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Saltillo (Saltillo, TX). The Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 7-4 record. In their last challenge, Saltillo was tipped by Bland (Merit, TX), 66-51, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates battle the De Kalb Bears (De Kalb, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 12. Bowie will attempt to improve on its 13-4 season record. The Bears come into the challenge with a 0-3 record after their 61-48 non-league loss to Ore City (Ore City, TX).