In Thursday's non-league outing, the Tawas Area Braves (Tawas City, MI) basketball squad beat the visiting Houghton Lake Bobcats (Houghton Lake, MI), by a margin of 73-56.

The Braves (2-1) will now prepare for their outing against Alcona (Lincoln, MI). The Tigers go into the non-league outing with a 2-1 record. In their last outing, Alcona defeated Au Gres-Sims (Au Gres, MI), 64-28, in a league outing.

The Bobcats now own a 3-1 record. They play next when they host Gladwin for a non-league outing on Tuesday, December 20. Houghton Lake will clash with a Flying G's squad coming off a 49-34 league win over Farwell (Farwell, MI). The Flying G's record now stands at 2-2.