Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the A.J. Ellender Patriots (Houma, LA) and the visiting Salmen Spartans (Slidell, LA), saw A.J. Ellender's basketball squad overcome Salmen by a tally of 53-36.

With the victory, A.J. Ellender improves its record to 2-5 on the campaign. The Patriots travel to Hahnville (Boutte, LA) to confront the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Monday, December 5. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 2-2. Hahnville lost 59-53 in their recent non-league challenge against Ocean Springs (Ocean Springs, MS)

Next up, the Spartans confront the Lakeshore (Mandeville, LA) in a 4A District 8 challenge, on Tuesday, December 6. Salmen will attempt to improve on its 5-6 season record.