The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the McDonogh Eagles (Owings Mills, MD) and the host Mercy Magic (Baltimore, MD), observed McDonogh's basketball team overcome Mercy by a margin of 61-44.

The Eagles (11-9) will now prepare for their challenge against St. Mary's (Annapolis, MD). The Saints come into the IAAM A challenge with a 9-12 record. In their last challenge, St. Mary's dropped by St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, MD), 46-36, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Magic battle the Roland Park Country Reds (Baltimore, MD) in a IAAM A challenge, on Friday, January 31. Mercy will attempt to better on its 3-11 season record. The Reds come into the challenge with a 7-11 record after their 47-36 league loss to Archbishop Spalding (Severn, MD).