The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Smithville Seminoles (Smithville, MS) and the visiting West Lowndes Panthers (Columbus, MS), observed Smithville's basketball team knock off West Lowndes by a score of 50-36.

The Seminoles (8-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Okolona (Okolona, MS). The Chieftains come into the 1A Region 4 challenge with a 15-3 record. In their last challenge, Okolona prevailed over Potts Camp (Potts Camp, MS), 56-14, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Winona Tigers (Winona, MS) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 17. West Lowndes will attempt to improve on its 4-8 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 5-13 record after their 58-41 league loss to Humphreys County (Belzoni, MS).