The Veterans Memorial Patriots basketball team scored 83 points and limited the visiting East Central Hornets to 67 in the Patriots non-league triumph on Friday.

The Patriots now possess a 7-1 record. They play next when they travel to Boerne for a 5A Region IV District 26 outing on Tuesday, December 9. Veterans Memorial will clash with a Greyhounds squad coming off a 71-53 non-league loss to Ray (Corpus Christi, TX). The Greyhounds record now stands at 7-6.

The Hornets (10-3) will now prepare for their outing against Friendswood (Friendswood, TX). The Mustangs come into the non-league outing with a 8-3 record. In their last outing, Friendswood overcame Churchill (San Antonio, TX), 82-41, in a non-league outing.