The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Animo Venice Pirates (Los Angeles, CA) and the visiting Animo Pat Brown Gryphons (Los Angeles, CA), observed Animo Venice's basketball team overwhelm Animo Pat Brown by a score of 53-25.

The Pirates (12-11) will now prepare for their challenge against WISH Academy (Los Angeles, CA). The Owls come into the Ocean challenge with a 9-4 record. In their last challenge, WISH Academy trounced Animo Watts (Los Angeles, CA), 64-54, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Gryphons battle the New Designs Watts Knights (Los Angeles, CA) in a Ocean challenge, on Friday, January 31. Animo Pat Brown will attempt to improve on its 3-11 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 3-11 record after their 82-39 league win over Burton (Los Angeles, CA).