Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Western Panthers (Russiaville, IN) and the visiting Covenant Christian Warriors (Indianapolis, IN), saw Western's basketball squad hold off Covenant Christian by a tally of 56-50.

With the victory, Western improves its record to 13-1 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Carroll (Flora, IN) to confront the Cougars in a non-league challenge on Saturday, December 23. The Cougars come into the challenge with a record of 12-2. Carroll won 58-33 in their recent non-league challenge against University (Carmel, IN)

Next up, the Warriors confront the Lewis Cass Kings (Walton, IN) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 23. Covenant Christian will attempt to improve on its 4-11 season record. The Kings come into the challenge with a 11-1 record after their 37-26 non-league win over Western Boone (Thorntown, IN).