In Friday's non-league outing, the Concordia Panthers (Concordia, KS) basketball squad nipped the visiting Abilene Cowboys (Abilene, KS), by a margin of 53-51.

The Panthers (2-3) will now prepare for their outing against Clay Center (Clay Center, KS). The Tigers go into the non-league outing with a 3-2 record. In their last outing, Clay Center was tipped by Wamego (Wamego, KS), 50-38, in a non-league outing.

The Cowboys now own a 0-5 record. They play next when they travel to Chapman for a North Central Kansas outing on Tuesday, December 19. Abilene will clash with a Fighting Irish squad coming off a 43-36 non-league loss to Marysville (Marysville, KS). The Fighting Irish record now stands at 1-4.