The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Nixa Eagles (Nixa, MO) and the visiting Republic Tigers (Republic, MO), observed Nixa's basketball team edge Republic by a score of 53-47.

The Eagles (7-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Carthage (Carthage, MO). The Tigers come into the Central Ozarks challenge with a 8-3 record.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Lebanon Yellowjackets (Lebanon, MO) in a Central Ozarks challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Republic will attempt to improve on its 11-1 season record. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 4-7 record after their 59-48 league loss to Joplin (Joplin, MO).