The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Union Grove Christian Patriots (Lexington, NC) and the visiting New Manna Christian Wind (Marion, NC), observed Union Grove Christian's basketball team knock off New Manna Christian by a score of 59-41.

The Patriots (3-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Woodland Baptist Christian (Winston-Salem, NC). The Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 5-2 record.

In their next game, the Wind encounter the Victory Christian Cardinals (Sylva, NC) in a challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. New Manna Christian will attempt to improve on its 2-3 season record. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a 2-1 record after their 56-29 league win over Abundant Life Christian Academy (Indian Trail, NC).