The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Hephzibah Rebels (Hephzibah, GA) and the visiting Aquinas Fightin' Irish (Augusta, GA), observed Hephzibah's basketball team knock off Aquinas by a score of 44-28.

The Rebels (5-13) will now prepare for their challenge against Laney (Augusta, GA). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 12-4 record. In their last challenge, Laney prevailed over Butler (Augusta, GA), 51-49, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Fightin' Irish encounter the West Laurens Raiders (Dexter, GA) in a AAA Region 4 challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Aquinas will attempt to improve on its 4-15 season record. The Raiders come into the challenge with a 7-10 record after their 68-62 league win over Howard (Macon, GA).