Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Newnan Cougars (Newnan, GA) and the visiting East Paulding Raiders (Dallas, GA), saw Newnan's basketball squad overcome East Paulding by a tally of 49-39.

With the victory, Newnan improves its record to 5-13 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Alexander (Douglasville, GA) to confront the Cougars in a AAAAAA Region 5 challenge on Friday, January 26. The Cougars come into the challenge with a record of 10-9. Alexander lost 57-40 in their recent league challenge against New Manchester (Douglasville, GA)

Next up, the Raiders confront the South Paulding Spartans (Douglasville, GA) in a AAAAAA Region 5 challenge, on Friday, January 26. East Paulding will attempt to improve on its 3-18 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 6-14 record after their 53-33 league loss to Langston Hughes (Fairburn, GA).