The Langston Hughes Panthers (Fairburn, GA) basketball felled the visiting East Paulding Raiders (Dallas, GA), 68-50 in Saturday's league test.

The Panthers (12-7) will now prepare for their test against South Paulding (Douglasville, GA). The Spartans go into the AAAAAA Region 5 test with a 15-5 record. In their last test, South Paulding thwarted Douglas County (Douglasville, GA), 74-65, in a league test.

The Raiders now own a 10-9 record. They play next when they host Paulding County for a AAAAAA Region 5 test on Tuesday, January 24. East Paulding will encounter a Patriots squad coming off a 69-45 league loss to Alexander (Douglasville, GA). The Patriots record now stands at 10-8.