The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Lake Norman Christian Lions (Davidson, NC) and the host Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy Patriots (Mooresville, NC), observed Lake Norman Christian's basketball team overwhelm Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy by a margin of 76-54.

The Lions (18-11) will now prepare for their challenge against South Charlotte (Matthews, NC). The Thunder come into the non-league challenge with a 7-14 record. In their last challenge, South Charlotte trounced Grace Academy (Matthews, NC), 74-62, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Patriots battle the Covenant Classical Warriors (Concord, NC) in a CSAA challenge, on Friday, January 31. Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy will attempt to better on its 11-9 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 3-8 record after their 78-47 non-league loss to North Hills Christian (Salisbury, NC).