The Veritas Academy Defenders (Austin, TX) basketball toppled the visiting Valor Preparatory Academy Knights (Waco, TX), 49-35 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Defenders now possess a 6-3 record. They play next when they travel to Hill Country Christian School of Austin for a TAPPS 4A District 4 bout on Tuesday, December 9. Veritas Academy will play a Knights team coming off a 54-49 non-league win over Hyde Park (Austin, TX). The Knights record now stands at 10-9.

With the loss, Valor Preparatory Academy moves to 3-4 on the season. The Knights travel to First Baptist (Dallas, TX) to clash with the Saints in a non-league test on Tuesday, December 9. The Saints come into the test with a record of 8-5. First Baptist won 67-6 in their recent non-league test against Valor Leander (Leander, TX)