Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the South Central Falcons (Winterville, NC) and the visiting New Bern Bears (New Bern, NC), saw South Central's basketball squad overcome New Bern by a tally of 57-37.

With the victory, South Central improves its record to 13-2 on the campaign. The Falcons travel to Northside - Jacksonville (Jacksonville, NC) to confront the Monarchs in a 3A/4A Conference 19 challenge on Monday, January 31. The Monarchs come into the challenge with a record of 4-13. Northside - Jacksonville lost 52-50 in their recent league challenge against J.H. Rose (Greenville, NC)

Next up, the Bears confront the Havelock Rams (Havelock, NC) in a 3A/4A Conference 19 challenge, on Monday, January 31. New Bern will attempt to improve on its 9-7 season record. The Rams come into the challenge with a 5-10 record after their 54-48 league loss to D.H. Conley (Greenville, NC).