The crowd at Saturday's non-league bout between the Mexia Black Cats (Mexia, TX) and the host Westwood Panthers (Palestine, TX), saw Mexia's basketball team nip Westwood by a tally of 2-0.

The Black Cats now possess a 12-9 record. They play next when they travel to Joshua for a non-league bout on Monday, December 30. Mexia will play a Owls team coming off a 39-36 non-league loss to Memorial (Wichita Falls, TX). The Owls record now stands at 10-11.

With the loss, Westwood falls to 9-7 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Elkhart (Elkhart, TX) to play the Elks in a 3A Region III District 20 bout on Friday, January 3. The Elks go into the bout with a record of 7-11. Elkhart lost 48-42 in their recent non-league bout against Crockett (Crockett, TX)