The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Hammon Warriors (Hammon, OK) and the host Merritt Oilers (Elk City, OK), observed Hammon's basketball team overcome Merritt by a score of 56-39.

The Warriors (12-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Hinton (Hinton, OK). The Comets come into the non-league challenge with a 10-7 record. In their last challenge, Hinton defeated Fort Cobb-Broxton (Fort Cobb, OK), 50-45, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Oilers battle the Snyder Cyclones (Snyder, OK) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Merritt will attempt to improve on its 9-8 season record. The Cyclones come into the challenge with a 4-11 record after their 42-19 league loss to Mangum (Mangum, OK).