The Vernon Lions (Vernon, TX) basketball knocked off the visiting Holland Hornets (Holland, TX), 59-40 in Wednesday's non-league test.

The Lions (11-5) will now prepare for their test against Troy (Troy, TX). The Trojans go into the non-league test with a 8-7 record. In their last test, Troy went down by Little River Academy (Little River Academy, TX), 51-41, in a league test.

The Hornets now own a 10-4 record. They play next when they travel to Waskom for a non-league test on Wednesday, December 27. Holland will encounter a Wildcats squad coming off a 62-35 non-league loss to Shelbyville (Shelbyville, TX). The Wildcats record now stands at 6-10.