The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Kirtland Central Broncos (Kirtland, NM) and the visiting Gallup Bengals (Gallup, NM), observed Kirtland Central's basketball team edge Gallup by a score of 58-54.

The Broncos (3-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Shiprock (Shiprock, NM). The Chieftains come into the non-league challenge with a 2-6 record. In their last challenge, Shiprock was tipped by Bloomfield (Bloomfield, NM), 61-52, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bengals encounter the Miyamura Patriots (Gallup, NM) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Gallup will attempt to improve on its 12-7 season record.