The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Bay Tigers (Bay St. Louis, MS) and the visiting Long Beach Bearcats (Long Beach, MS), observed Bay's basketball team edge Long Beach by a score of 45-41.

The Tigers (7-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Christian Collegiate Academy (Gulfport, MS). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 7-9 record. In their last challenge, Christian Collegiate Academy was tipped by Richton (Richton, MS), 70-59, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bearcats encounter the St. Patrick Fighting Irish (Biloxi, MS) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 28. Long Beach will attempt to improve on its 4-14 season record. The Fighting Irish come into the challenge with a 6-11 record after their 55-34 non-league loss to Gautier (Gautier, MS).