The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Carthage Bulldogs (Carthage, TX) and the host Gilmer Buckeyes (Gilmer, TX), observed Carthage's basketball team edge Gilmer by a score of 53-48.

The Bulldogs (11-13) will now prepare for their challenge against Spring Hill (Longview, TX). The Panthers come into the 4A Region II District 16 challenge with a 14-5 record. In their last challenge, Spring Hill edged Kilgore (Kilgore, TX), 49-41, in a league bout.

With the loss, Gilmer falls to 1-14 on the campaign. The Buckeyes travel to Pine Tree (Longview, TX) to play the Pirates in a 4A Region II District 16 bout on Friday, December 20. The Pirates go into the bout with a record of 10-5. Pine Tree lost 45-38 in their recent league bout against Chapel Hill (Tyler, TX)