In Thursday's non-league outing, the Maxwell Bears (Maxwell, NM) basketball squad edged the host Des Moines Demons (Des Moines, NM), by a margin of 45-41.

The Bears (3-3) will now prepare for their outing against Questa (Questa, NM). The Wildcats go into the non-league outing with a 2-4 record. In their last outing, Questa held off Non Varsity Opponent (, ), 43-19, in a non-league outing.

The Demons now own a 1-4 record. They play next when they host Texline for a non-league outing on Tuesday, December 13. Des Moines will clash with a Tornadoes squad coming off a 45-36 non-league loss to Sunray (Sunray, TX). The Tornadoes record now stands at 0-4.