The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Slaton Tigers (Slaton, TX) and the host Lamesa Tornadoes (Lamesa, TX), observed Slaton's basketball team overwhelm Lamesa by a margin of 67-44.

The Tigers (9-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Non Varsity Tournament Opponent (, ). The come into the non-league challenge with a 32-94 record. In their last challenge, Non Varsity Tournament Opponent was trounced by Holdenville (Holdenville, OK), 78-32, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tornadoes battle the Crane Cranes (Crane, TX) in a 3A Region I District 3 challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Lamesa will attempt to better on its 0-9 season record.