The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Shepherd Pirates (Shepherd, TX) and the host Kashmere Fighting Rams (Houston, TX), observed Shepherd's basketball team overcome Kashmere by a score of 56-43.

The Pirates (4-2) will now prepare for their challenge against La Marque (La Marque, TX). The Cougars come into the non-league challenge with a 6-0 record. In their last challenge, La Marque defeated Clear Falls (League City, TX), 63-58, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Fighting Rams battle the Washington Eagles (Houston, TX) in a 4A Region III District 20 challenge, on Saturday, December 7. Kashmere will attempt to improve on its 3-5 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 5-1 record after their 65-53 non-league loss to Heights (Houston, TX).