The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Opelousas Tigers (Opelousas, LA) and the host Northwest Raiders (Opelousas, LA), observed Opelousas's basketball team edge Northwest by a score of 39-36.

The Tigers (17-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Beau Chene (Arnaudville, LA). The Gators come into the 4A District 5 challenge with a 18-14 record. In their last challenge, Beau Chene was tipped by Livonia (Livonia, LA), 69-66, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders encounter the Pine Prairie Panthers (Pine Prairie, LA) in a 3A District 4 challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Northwest will attempt to improve on its 15-12 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 3-15 record after their 66-29 league loss to Iota (Iota, LA).