In Friday's non-league outing, the Nacogdoches Dragons (Nacogdoches, TX) basketball squad beat the host Center Roughriders (Center, TX), by a count of 59-51.

The Dragons (10-7) will now prepare for their outing against Jacksonville (Jacksonville, TX). The Fightin' Indians go into the non-league outing with a 13-5 record. In their last outing, Jacksonville defeated Centerville (Centerville, TX), 65-20, in a non-league outing.

The Roughriders now hold a 1-7 record. They play next when they host Chapel Hill for a 4A Region III District 17 outing on Tuesday, December 20. Center will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 54-38 league win over Carthage (Carthage, TX). The Bulldogs record now stands at 10-5.