The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Grapevine Faith Christian Lions (Grapevine, TX) and the host Roosevelt Eagles (Lubbock, TX), observed Grapevine Faith Christian's basketball team edge Roosevelt by a score of 42-35.

The Lions (7-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Hale Center (Hale Center, TX). The Owls come into the non-league challenge with a 9-5 record. In their last challenge, Hale Center was tipped by Wall (Wall, TX), 60-26, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles encounter the Dimmitt Bobcats (Dimmitt, TX) in a 3A Region I District 2 challenge, on Friday, January 3. Roosevelt will attempt to improve on its 10-10 season record. The Bobcats come into the challenge with a 9-8 record after their 47-45 non-league loss to Klondike (Lamesa, TX).