In Friday's non-league outing, the Macedonian Christian (Alamo, TX) basketball squad felled the host Santa Maria Cougars (Santa Maria, TX), by a margin of 67-52.

The (18-1) will now prepare for their outing against STX (McAllen, TX). The Saints go into the non-league outing with a 10-11 record. In their last outing, STX thwarted South Texas Christian Academy (McAllen, TX), 50-47, in a non-league outing.

The Cougars now own a 2-10 record. They play next when they host Ben Bolt for a 2A Region IV District 32 outing on Wednesday, January 3. Santa Maria will clash with a Badgers squad coming off a 48-46 non-league win over Varsity Opponent (, ). The Badgers record now stands at 13-3.