In Friday's non-league outing, the Moon Area Tigers (Moon Township, PA) basketball squad edged the visiting Franklin Regional Panthers (Murrysville, PA), by a count of 53-48.

The Tigers (23-3) will now prepare for their outing against Aliquippa (Aliquippa, PA). The Quips go into the non-league outing with a 22-5 record. In their last outing, Aliquippa held off Greensburg Central Catholic (Greensburg, PA), 69-32, in a non-league outing.

The Panthers now hold a 23-4 record. They play next when they host Mt. Lebanon for a non-league outing on Tuesday, March 5. Franklin Regional will clash with a Blue Devils squad coming off a 54-52 non-league loss to Baldwin (Pittsburgh, PA). The Blue Devils record now stands at 19-5.