The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Excelsior Springs Tigers (Excelsior Springs, MO) and the visiting Lexington Minutemen (Lexington, MO), observed Excelsior Springs's basketball team edge Lexington by a score of 45-42.

The Tigers (1-1) will now prepare for their challenge against East (Kansas City, MO). The come into the non-league challenge with a 0-0 record.

In their next game, the Minutemen battle the Carrollton Trojans (Carrollton, MO) in a Missouri River Valley - East challenge, on Thursday, December 5. Lexington will attempt to improve on its 1-2 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 1-0 record after their 56-26 league win over Richmond (Richmond, MO).