The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Pilot Grove Tigers (Pilot Grove, MO) and the host Northwest Mustangs (Hughesville, MO), observed Pilot Grove's basketball team edge Northwest by a margin of 62-55.

The Tigers (3-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Glasgow (Glasgow, MO). The Yellowjackets come into the Central challenge with a 2-3 record. In their last challenge, Glasgow was tipped by Northeast (Cairo, MO), 65-58, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs battle the Otterville Eagles (Otterville, MO) in a Kaysinger challenge, on Saturday, December 28. Northwest will attempt to better on its 2-5 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 2-1 record after their 58-46 non-league win over Chamois (Chamois, MO).