The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Bland Tigers (Merit, TX) and the host Alba-Golden Panthers (Alba, TX), observed Bland's basketball team overcome Alba-Golden by a margin of 51-39.

The Tigers (9-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Broaddus (Broaddus, TX). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 7-5 record. In their last challenge, Broaddus defeated Alba-Golden (Alba, TX), 30-22, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Harts Bluff Bulldogs (Mt. Pleasant, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 13. Alba-Golden will attempt to better on its 1-8 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 11-8 record after their 54-36 non-league win over Bland (Merit, TX).