The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Phelps Lions (Malvern, PA) and the visiting Solebury Spartans (New Hope, PA), observed Phelps's basketball team knock off Solebury by a score of 84-68.

The Lions (8-14) will now prepare for their challenge against Varsity Opponent (, ). The come into the non-league challenge with a 299-1065 record. In their last challenge, Varsity Opponent was knocked off by Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, KS), 52-38, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans encounter the Life Center Academy Warriors (Burlington, NJ) in a Penn-Jersey challenge, on Friday, January 17. Solebury will attempt to improve on its 1-8 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 9-11 record after their 76-59 league win over Solebury (New Hope, PA).