The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Linden Patriots (Linden, AL) and the visiting Ellwood Christian Eagles (Selma, AL), observed Linden's basketball team knock off Ellwood Christian by a score of 53-36.

The Patriots (5-9) will now prepare for their challenge against University Charter (Livingston, AL). The Trail Blazers come into the 1A Area 5 challenge with a 7-9 record. In their last challenge, University Charter was knocked off by Keith (Orrville, AL), 69-43, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles encounter the Marion Rams (Marion, AL) in a 1A Area 7 challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Ellwood Christian will attempt to improve on its 1-14 season record. The Rams come into the challenge with a 12-7 record after their 49-33 non-league loss to Selma (Selma, AL).