In Thursday's non-league outing, the Ponca Indians (Ponca, NE) basketball squad nipped the host Randolph Cardinals (Randolph, NE), by a margin of 48-45.

The Indians (3-0) will now prepare for their outing against Crofton (Crofton, NE). The Warriors go into the non-league outing with a 1-2 record. In their last outing, Crofton was tipped by Elkhorn Valley (Tilden, NE), 55-36, in a non-league outing.

The Cardinals now own a 1-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Laurel-Concord for a non-league outing on Saturday, December 11. Randolph will play a Bears squad coming off a 52-34 non-league loss to Crofton (Crofton, NE). The Bears record now stands at 0-1.