In Thursday's league outing, the Urban Prep-Englewood Lions (Chicago, IL) basketball squad edged the host Kennedy Crusaders (Chicago, IL), by a margin of 34-32.

The Lions (3-2) will now prepare for their outing against Catalyst-Maria (Chicago, IL). The Wolves go into the outing with a 5-10 record. In their last outing, Catalyst-Maria was tipped by King (Chicago, IL), 60-10, in a league outing.

The Crusaders now own a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to Bogan for a outing on Tuesday, January 17. Kennedy will clash with a Bengals squad coming off a 51-49 league loss to Dunbar (Chicago, IL). The Bengals record now stands at 1-4.