The Mescalero Apache Chiefs (Mescalero, NM) basketball edged the visiting Laguna Acoma Hawks (New Laguna, NM), 58-52 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Chiefs now possess a 1-2 record. They play next when they host Dexter for a non-league game on Tuesday, December 10. Mescalero Apache will confront a Demons team coming off a 69-31 non-league loss to Cobre (Bayard, NM). The Demons record now stands at 0-2.

With the loss, Laguna Acoma falls to 0-2 on the campaign. The Hawks travel to Grants (Grants, NM) to confront the Pirates in a non-league game on Saturday, December 7. The Pirates go into the game with a record of 2-0. Grants won 57-55 in their recent non-league game against Taos (Taos, NM)