The crowd at Friday's non-league battle between the Converse Wildcats (Converse, LA) and the host Florien Blackcats (Florien, LA), observed Converse's basketball team edge Florien by a score of 44-42.

The Wildcats (4-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Hicks (Leesville, LA). The Pirates come into the non-league challenge with a 11-6 record. In their last challenge, Hicks edged Saline (Saline, LA), 59-38, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Blackcats battle the North Caddo Titans (Vivian, LA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 13. Florien will attempt to improve on its 0-16 season record. The Titans come into the challenge with a 2-7 record after their 67-60 non-league win over Loyola College Prep (Shreveport, LA).