In Friday's non-league outing, the New Diana Eagles (Diana, TX) basketball squad nipped the host Alba-Golden Panthers (Alba, TX), by a margin of 37-35.

The Eagles (7-6) will now prepare for their outing against Big Sandy (Big Sandy, TX). The Wildcats go into the non-league outing with a 7-9 record. In their last outing, Big Sandy was tipped by Jefferson (Jefferson, TX), 81-50, in a non-league outing.

The Panthers now own a 4-9 record. They play next when they travel to Fruitvale for a 2A Region II District 15 outing on Tuesday, January 2. Alba-Golden will clash with a Bobcats squad coming off a 67-14 league loss to Boles (Quinlan, TX). The Bobcats record now stands at 4-10.