In Friday's non-league outing, the A.J. Ellender Patriots (Houma, LA) basketball squad edged the visiting Central Lafourche Trojans (Raceland, LA), by a count of 20-17.

The Patriots (4-7) will now prepare for their outing against Bourgeois (Gray, LA). The Braves go into the non-league outing with a 3-3 record. In their last outing, Bourgeois held off South Terrebonne (Bourg, LA), 31-19, in a non-league outing.

The Trojans now hold a 5-4 record. They play next when they host A.J. Ellender for a non-league outing on Monday, December 11. Central Lafourche will clash with a Patriots squad coming off a 52-33 non-league loss to Bourgeois (Gray, LA). The Patriots record now stands at 4-8.