The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Monroe Golden Tornadoes (Albany, GA) and the visiting Dougherty Trojans (Albany, GA), observed Monroe's basketball team edge Dougherty by a score of 50-47.

The Golden Tornadoes (2-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Cairo (Cairo, GA). The Syrupmakers come into the non-league challenge with a 1-3 record. In their last challenge, Cairo was tipped by Bainbridge (Bainbridge, GA), 55-24, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans encounter the Tift County Blue Devils (Tifton, GA) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 23. Dougherty will attempt to improve on its 6-6 season record.