The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Higbee Tigers (Higbee, MO) and the visiting Albany Warriors (Albany, MO), observed Higbee's basketball team edge Albany by a score of 39-36.

The Tigers (6-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Tina-Avalon (Tina, MO). The Dragons come into the CLAA challenge with a 3-3 record.

In their next game, the Warriors encounter the Winston Red Birds (Winston, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 6. Albany will attempt to improve on its 4-5 season record. The Red Birds come into the challenge with a 7-3 record after their 47-33 non-league win over Carrollton (Carrollton, MO).