The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Germantown Friends (Philadelphia, PA) and the visiting Merion Mercy Academy Golden Bears (Merion Station, PA), observed Germantown Friends's basketball team overwhelm Merion Mercy Academy by a margin of 48-27.

The (13-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Mastery Charter North - Pickett (Philadelphia, PA). The Pumas come into the non-league challenge with a 4-5 record. In their last challenge, Mastery Charter North - Pickett was trounced by Audenried (Philadelphia, PA), 97-39, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Golden Bears battle the Mt. St. Joseph Academy Magic (Flourtown, PA) in a Catholic Academies challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Merion Mercy Academy will attempt to better on its 5-7 season record. The Magic come into the challenge with a 5-8 record after their 58-32 non-league loss to Academy-Notre Dame De Namur (Villanova, PA).