In Thursday's non-league outing, the Marshall Mavericks (Marshall, TX) basketball squad beat the visiting Commerce Tigers (Commerce, TX), by a count of 61-53.

The Mavericks (10-12) will now prepare for their outing against North Lamar (Paris, TX). The Panthers go into the non-league outing with a 6-13 record. In their last outing, North Lamar was topped by Cleburne (Cleburne, TX), 58-46, in a non-league outing.

The Tigers now hold a 3-13 record. They play next when they travel to Chisum for a 3A Region II District 12 outing on Tuesday, January 3. Commerce will clash with a Mustangs squad coming off a 50-34 non-league loss to Sam Rayburn (Ivanhoe, TX). The Mustangs record now stands at 5-11.