The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Deming Wildcats (Deming, NM) and the host Roswell Coyotes (Roswell, NM), observed Deming's basketball team edge Roswell by a score of 44-41.

The Wildcats (8-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Mayfield (Las Cruces, NM). The Trojans come into the non-league challenge with a 8-3 record. In their last challenge, Mayfield edged Burges (El Paso, TX), 51-43, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Coyotes encounter the Organ Mountain Knights (Las Cruces, NM) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. Roswell will attempt to improve on its 9-2 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 4-6 record after their 51-28 non-league loss to Valencia (Los Lunas, NM).