The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the St. Paul Cardinals (Shiner, TX) and the host Brazos Cougars (Wallis, TX), observed St. Paul's basketball team overcome Brazos by a margin of 36-23.

The Cardinals (3-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Smithville (Smithville, TX). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 5-5 record. In their last challenge, Smithville dropped by East Bernard (East Bernard, TX), 45-43, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Luling Eagles (Luling, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 7. Brazos will attempt to better on its 1-6 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 4-6 record after their 60-28 non-league loss to Edna (Edna, TX).