The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Deerfield Beach Bucks (Deerfield Beach, FL) and the host Fort Lauderdale Flying L's (Fort Lauderdale, FL), observed Deerfield Beach's basketball team edge Fort Lauderdale by a margin of 54-47.

In their next game, the Flying L's battle the Everglades Gators (Miramar, FL) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 16. Fort Lauderdale will attempt to better on its 7-8 season record. The Gators come into the challenge with a 7-4 record after their 63-54 non-league win over Hallandale (Hallandale, FL).