The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Nueva Esperanza (Philadelphia, PA) and the visiting Tacony Academy Charter Lions (Philadelphia, PA), observed Nueva Esperanza's basketball team knock off Tacony Academy Charter by a score of 69-61.

The (2-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Masterman (Philadelphia, PA). The come into the Philadelphia Public - American challenge with a 4-9 record. In their last challenge, Masterman was knocked off by Motivation (Philadelphia, PA), 69-48, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions encounter the Philadelphia Academy Charter Chargers (Philadelphia, PA) in a Philadelphia Public - Colonial challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Tacony Academy Charter will attempt to improve on its 1-11 season record. The Chargers come into the challenge with a 7-4 record after their 50-44 non-league win over Kensington (Philadelphia, PA).