In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Port Isabel Tarpons (Port Isabel, TX) basketball squad nipped the host Rivera Raiders (Brownsville, TX), by a margin of 56-50.

The Tarpons (12-3) will now prepare for their outing against Mission Veterans Memorial (Mission, TX). The Patriots go into the non-league outing with a 6-5 record. In their last outing, Mission Veterans Memorial nudged Jubilee Brownsville (Brownsville, TX), 47-42, in a non-league match.

With the defeat, Rivera moves to 3-12 on the year. The Raiders travel to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo (San Juan, TX) to meet the Bears in a non-league match on Friday, December 30. The Bears enter the match with a record of 8-12.