The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy Phoenix (Hartford, CT) and the host Metropolitan Learning Center Dragons (Bloomfield, CT), observed Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy's basketball team edge Metropolitan Learning Center by a score of 36-35.

The Phoenix (1-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Achievement First (Hartford, CT). The come into the Capitol Region challenge with a 1-7 record. In their last challenge, Achievement First was tipped by Academy of Science and Innovation (New Britain, CT), 70-27, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Dragons encounter the Capital Prep Trailblazers (Hartford, CT) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 23. Metropolitan Learning Center will attempt to improve on its 1-5 season record. The Trailblazers come into the challenge with a 1-9 record after their 69-43 league loss to Hartford Public (Hartford, CT).