The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Salado Eagles (Salado, TX) and the host China Spring Cougars (China Spring, TX), observed Salado's basketball team knock off China Spring by a score of 50-42.

The Eagles (10-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, TX). The Billies come into the non-league challenge with a 15-6 record. In their last challenge, Fredericksburg prevailed over Burnet (Burnet, TX), 67-34, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars encounter the Grandview Zebras (Grandview, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 20. China Spring will attempt to improve on its 8-9 season record. The Zebras come into the challenge with a 18-2 record after their 50-43 league win over Keene (Keene, TX).