The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Lake Zurich Bears (Lake Zurich, IL) and the visiting Mundelein Mustangs (Mundelein, IL), observed Lake Zurich's basketball team overcome Mundelein by a score of 51-41.

The Bears (8-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Jacobs (Algonquin, IL). The Golden Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 9-4 record. In their last challenge, Jacobs defeated Hampshire (Hampshire, IL), 42-38, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs battle the Addison Trail Blazers (Addison, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Mundelein will attempt to improve on its 7-10 season record. The Blazers come into the challenge with a 8-7 record after their 75-69 non-league win over Conant (Hoffman Estates, IL).