The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Mintz Christian Academy Lions (Roseboro, NC) and the host Grace Christian Wildcats (Loris, SC), observed Mintz Christian Academy's basketball team edge Grace Christian by a margin of 70-67.

The Lions (6-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Liberty Christian Academy (Fayetteville, NC). The Knights come into the Carolinas Christian challenge with a 1-2 record.

In their next game, the Wildcats battle the Christ the Cornerstone Academy Defenders (Laurinburg, NC) in a Carolinas Christian challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Grace Christian will attempt to better on its 2-3 season record.