The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Lubbock-Cooper Pirates (Lubbock, TX) and the visiting Monterey Plainsmen (Lubbock, TX), observed Lubbock-Cooper's basketball team knock off Monterey by a score of 48-32.

The Pirates (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Amarillo (Amarillo, TX). The Sandies come into the non-league challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, Amarillo was knocked off by Monterey (Lubbock, TX), 54-52, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Plainsmen encounter the Palo Duro Dons (Amarillo, TX) in a challenge, on Friday, January 3. Monterey will attempt to improve on its 9-3 season record.