The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Santa Rosa Lions (Santa Rosa, NM) and the host Pecos Panthers (Pecos, NM), observed Santa Rosa's basketball team edge Pecos by a score of 75-72.

The Lions (16-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Estancia (Estancia, NM). The Bears come into the 2A District 6 challenge with a 5-14 record. In their last challenge, Estancia was tipped by Tucumcari (Tucumcari, NM), 72-63, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Clayton Yellowjackets (Clayton, NM) in a 2A District 6 challenge, on Saturday, February 1. Pecos will attempt to improve on its 10-9 season record. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 10-8 record after their 64-61 league loss to Raton (Raton, NM).