Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Animo Venice Pirates (Los Angeles, CA) and the host Burton Scorpions (Los Angeles, CA), saw Animo Venice's basketball squad overcome Burton by a tally of 24-14.

With the victory, Animo Venice improves its record to 4-4 on the campaign. The Pirates travel to TEACH Tech Charter (Los Angeles, CA) to confront the Rams in a Ocean challenge on Tuesday, January 16. The Rams come into the challenge with a record of 0-3. TEACH Tech Charter lost 1-0 in their recent league challenge against Burton (Los Angeles, CA)

Next up, the Scorpions confront the Simon Tech Huskies (Los Angeles, CA) in a Ocean challenge, on Tuesday, January 16. Burton will attempt to improve on its 2-4 season record. The Huskies come into the challenge with a 0-4 record after their 51-1 league loss to Animo Venice (Los Angeles, CA).