In Thursday's non-league outing, the Rancho Verde Mustangs (Moreno Valley, CA) basketball squad nipped the host Murrieta Mesa Rams (Murrieta, CA), by a margin of 68-61.

The Mustangs (7-1) will now prepare for their outing against Chaparral (Temecula, CA). The Pumas go into the non-league outing with a 2-1 record. In their last outing, Chaparral got by Vista Murrieta (Murrieta, CA), 58-57, in a non-league outing.

The Rams now own a 0-3 record. They play next when they travel to Rancho Verde for a non-league outing on Saturday, December 9. Murrieta Mesa will encounter a Mustangs squad coming off a 81-54 non-league win over Chaparral (Temecula, CA). The Mustangs record now stands at 8-1.