In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Commerce Tigers (Commerce, TX) basketball squad beat the host Athens Hornets (Athens, TX), by a count of 52-38.

The Tigers (12-7) will now prepare for their outing against Kaufman (Kaufman, TX). The Lions go into the non-league outing with a 12-6 record. In their last outing, Kaufman defeated Venus (Venus, TX), 65-30, in a non-league outing.

The Hornets now hold a 1-9 record. They play next when they travel to Rains for a non-league outing on Friday, December 30. Athens will clash with a Wildcats squad coming off a 96-28 non-league win over Bowie (Simms, TX). The Wildcats record now stands at 14-8.