The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Austin Royals HomeSchool Royals (Austin, TX) and the host Nixon-Smiley Mustangs (Nixon, TX), observed Austin Royals HomeSchool's basketball team overcome Nixon-Smiley by a score of 54-40.

The Royals (14-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Tribe Warriors (Bastrop, TX). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 1-2 record. In their last challenge, Tribe Warriors dropped by Giddings Lonestar Southeast (Giddings, TX), 55-45, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs battle the La Vernia Bears (La Vernia, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 19. Nixon-Smiley will attempt to improve on its 3-7 season record. The Bears come into the challenge with a 11-8 record after their 68-59 non-league loss to Bishop (Bishop, TX).