The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Kickapoo Chiefs (Springfield, MO) and the visiting Joplin Eagles (Joplin, MO), observed Kickapoo's basketball team overwhelm Joplin by a margin of 63-32.

The Chiefs (15-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Neosho (Neosho, MO). The Wildcats come into the Central Ozarks challenge with a 7-8 record.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Ozark Tigers (Ozark, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 30. Joplin will attempt to better on its 7-9 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 5-7 record after their 73-67 non-league loss to Carthage (Carthage, MO).