The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Pine Grove Cardinals (Pine Grove, PA) and the host Kutztown Cougars (Kutztown, PA), observed Pine Grove's basketball team edge Kutztown by a score of 41-37.

The Cardinals (2-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Mahanoy Area (Mahanoy City, PA). The Golden Bears come into the non-league challenge with a 1-0 record. In their last challenge, Mahanoy Area edged Salisbury Township (Allentown, PA), 68-52, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Newport Buffaloes (Newport, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 6. Kutztown will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record.