In Friday's non-league outing, the Liberal Arts & Science Academy - Austin Raptors (Austin, TX) basketball squad edged the visiting Bastrop Bears (Bastrop, TX), by a count of 40-34.

The Raptors (7-4) will now prepare for their outing against McCallum (Austin, TX). The Knights go into the 5A Region III District 24 outing with a 5-6 record. In their last outing, McCallum held off Navarro (Austin, TX), 37-28, in a league outing.

The Bears now hold a 6-6 record. They play next when they travel to Hays for a non-league outing on Tuesday, December 13. Bastrop will clash with a Hawks squad coming off a 58-54 non-league win over Brenham (Brenham, TX). The Hawks record now stands at 7-7.