The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Cedar Creek Cougars (Ruston, LA) and the host West Ouachita Chiefs (West Monroe, LA), observed Cedar Creek's basketball team overcome West Ouachita by a score of 48-35.

The Cougars (14-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Castor (Castor, LA). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 6-8 record. In their last challenge, Castor defeated D'Arbonne Woods (Farmerville, LA), 56-43, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Chiefs battle the Quitman Wolverines (Quitman, LA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. West Ouachita will attempt to improve on its 13-4 season record. The Wolverines come into the challenge with a 10-8 record after their 46-42 non-league loss to Cedar Creek (Ruston, LA).