The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Newberry Academy (Newberry, SC) and the host King Academy Knights (Batesburg, SC), observed Newberry Academy's basketball team overcome King Academy by a margin of 35-17.

The (9-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Wardlaw Academy (Johnston, SC). The Patriots come into the SCISA 1A Region III challenge with a 5-12 record. In their last challenge, Wardlaw Academy defeated Anderson Christian (Anderson, SC), 59-57, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Knights battle the Wardlaw Academy Patriots (Johnston, SC) in a SCISA 1A Region III challenge, on Thursday, January 30. King Academy will attempt to better on its 0-11 season record. The Patriots come into the challenge with a 5-12 record after their 59-57 league win over Anderson Christian (Anderson, SC).