The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Bisbee Pumas (Bisbee, AZ) and the visiting Willcox Cowboys (Willcox, AZ), observed Bisbee's basketball team edge Willcox by a margin of 41-40.

The Pumas (8-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Santa Rita (Tucson, AZ). The Eagles come into the 2A South challenge with a 3-8 record. In their last challenge, Santa Rita was tipped by Benson (Benson, AZ), 60-11, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cowboys battle the Globe Tigers (Globe, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Willcox will attempt to better on its 13-6 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 3-15 record after their 78-8 league loss to Seton Catholic (Chandler, AZ).