Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Grants Pirates (Grants, NM) and the visiting Silver Fighting Colts (Silver City, NM), saw Grants's basketball squad hold off Silver by a tally of 59-54.

With the victory, Grants improves its record to 18-11 on the campaign. The Pirates travel to Highland (Albuquerque, NM) to confront the Hornets in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, March 13. The Hornets come into the challenge with a record of 23-6. Highland won 57-51 in their recent non-league challenge against Los Alamos (Los Alamos, NM)