Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Stone Tomcats (Wiggins, MS) and the host Pearl River Central Blue Devils (Carriere, MS), saw Stone's basketball squad hold off Pearl River Central by a tally of 62-61.

With the victory, Stone improves its record to 3-13 on the campaign. The Tomcats travel to St. Martin (Ocean Springs, MS) to confront the Yellow Jackets in a non-league challenge on Friday, December 30. The Yellow Jackets come into the challenge with a record of 12-4. St. Martin won 74-19 in their recent non-league challenge against Poplarville (Poplarville, MS)

Next up, the Blue Devils confront the Picayune Maroon Tide (Picayune, MS) in a 5A Region 7 challenge, on Friday, January 6. Pearl River Central will attempt to improve on its 7-5 season record. The Maroon Tide come into the challenge with a 6-14 record after their 50-44 non-league loss to Moss Point (Moss Point, MS).