Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Mount St. Joseph Gaels (Baltimore, MD) and the host Central Catholic Vikings (Pittsburgh, PA), saw Mount St. Joseph's basketball squad overcome Central Catholic by a tally of 65-48.

With the victory, Mount St. Joseph improves its record to 9-2 on the campaign. The Gaels host New Town (Owings Mills, MD) to confront the in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, January 3. The come into the challenge with a record of 5-1. New Town lost 57-49 in their recent non-league challenge against Goretti (Hagerstown, MD)

Next up, the Vikings confront the Pine-Richland Rams (Gibsonia, PA) in a WPIAL 6A 1 challenge, on Tuesday, January 3. Central Catholic will attempt to improve on its 2-4 season record. The Rams come into the challenge with a 2-5 record after their 60-43 non-league loss to Highlands (Natrona Heights, PA).