The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Bullard Panthers (Bullard, TX) and the host Slocum Mustangs (Elkhart, TX), observed Bullard's basketball team knock off Slocum by a score of 48-35.

The Panthers (12-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Kemp (Kemp, TX). The Yellowjackets come into the non-league challenge with a 6-10 record.

In their next game, the Mustangs encounter the Trinidad Trojans (Trinidad, TX) in a 1A Region III District 24 challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Slocum will attempt to improve on its 10-10 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 1-1 record after their 57-10 non-league loss to Milford (Milford, TX).