The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Oakland Mills Scorpions (Columbia, MD) and the host Glenelg Gladiators (Glenelg, MD), observed Oakland Mills's basketball team overcome Glenelg by a score of 55-38.

The Scorpions (9-3) will now prepare for their challenge against River Hill (Clarksville, MD). The Hawks come into the Howard County challenge with a 10-4 record.

In their next game, the Gladiators battle the Hammond Golden Bears (Columbia, MD) in a Howard County challenge, on Friday, January 31. Glenelg will attempt to improve on its 6-8 season record. The Golden Bears come into the challenge with a 6-6 record after their 40-35 non-league win over Arundel (Gambrills, MD).