The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Mountain View Academy Mustangs (Mountain View, CA) and the visiting Escondido Adventist Academy Hawks (Escondido, CA), observed Mountain View Academy's basketball team knock off Escondido Adventist Academy by a score of 53-45.

The Mustangs (9-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Pine Hills Adventist (Auburn, CA). The Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 4-5 record. In their last challenge, Pine Hills Adventist prevailed over Capital College & Career Academy (Sacramento, CA), 52-26, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hawks encounter the Trinity Prep Crusaders (Napa, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 23. Escondido Adventist Academy will attempt to improve on its 6-11 season record. The Crusaders come into the challenge with a 7-3 record after their 62-38 non-league loss to Hawaiian Mission Academy (Honolulu, HI).