The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Pell City Panthers (Pell City, AL) and the host Central Falcons (Tuscaloosa, AL), observed Pell City's basketball team edge Central by a margin of 46-43.

The Panthers (1-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Arab (Arab, AL). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 4-8 record. In their last challenge, Arab was tipped by Plainview (Rainsville, AL), 64-27, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Falcons battle the Scottsboro Wildcats (Scottsboro, AL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 21. Central will attempt to better on its 6-8 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 6-5 record after their 65-62 non-league loss to Kate Duncan Smith DAR (Grant, AL).