Fans at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the New Bern Bears (New Bern, NC) and the host West Craven Eagles (Vanceboro, NC), saw New Bern's basketball squad hold off West Craven by a tally of 47-46.

With the victory, New Bern improves its record to 2-2 on the campaign. The Bears travel to Kinston (Kinston, NC) to confront the Vikings in a non-league challenge on Thursday, December 8. The Vikings come into the challenge with a record of 2-2. Kinston won 44-30 in their recent non-league challenge against Greene Central (Snow Hill, NC)

Next up, the Eagles confront the Ayden - Grifton Chargers (Ayden, NC) in a 2A Conference 4 challenge, on Friday, December 9. West Craven will attempt to improve on its 2-2 season record. The Chargers come into the challenge with a 0-5 record after their 59-49 non-league loss to Southside (Chocowinity, NC).