The Pitkin Tigers (Pitkin, LA) basketball edged the visiting Pickering Red Devils (Leesville, LA), 51-47 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Tigers now possess a 11-8 record. They play next when they travel to Leesville for a non-league bout on Friday, December 20. Pitkin will play a Wampus Cats team coming off a 62-23 non-league win over Grant (Dry Prong, LA). The Wampus Cats record now stands at 4-5.

With the loss, Pickering falls to 7-3 on the campaign. The Red devils travel to Grand Lake (Lake Charles, LA) to play the Hornets in a non-league bout on Monday, December 30. The Hornets go into the bout with a record of 8-4. Grand Lake won 38-36 in their recent non-league bout against Starks (Starks, LA)