The Central Carolina Prep Defenders (Burlington, NC) basketball edged the host Freedom Christian Academy Patriots (Fayetteville, NC), 69-68 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Defenders now possess a 3-5 record. They play next when they travel to Non Varsity Opponent for a non-league bout on Monday, December 9. Central Carolina Prep will play a team coming off a 83-71 league loss to Newman AAA (Boston, MA). The record now stands at 32-111.

With the loss, Freedom Christian Academy falls to 3-6 on the campaign. The Patriots travel to New Life Christian Academy (Fayetteville, NC) to play the Monarchs in a non-league bout on Saturday, December 7. The Monarchs go into the bout with a record of 4-9. New Life Christian Academy won 82-43 in their recent league bout against Capitol Encore Academy (Fayetteville, NC)