The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Oak Forest Bengals (Oak Forest, IL) and the host Bremen Braves (Midlothian, IL), observed Oak Forest's basketball team overcome Bremen by a margin of 48-40.

The Bengals (13-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Lincoln-Way Central (New Lenox, IL). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 14-7 record. In their last challenge, Lincoln-Way Central dropped by Lockport (Lockport, IL), 61-54, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Braves battle the Lockport Porters (Lockport, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 27. Bremen will attempt to better on its 10-13 season record. The Porters come into the challenge with a 13-7 record after their 61-54 league win over Lincoln-Way Central (New Lenox, IL).