The Southern Wake Academy Lions basketball team scored 41 points and limited the visiting River Mill Jaguars to 23 in the Lions league triumph on Thursday.

The Lions now have a 5-7 record. They play next when they host Ascend Leadership for a non-league game on Friday, January 31. Southern Wake Academy will confront a Aviators team coming off a 53-50 non-league loss to Chatham Charter (Siler City, NC). The Aviators record now stands at 4-3.

With the loss, River Mill falls to 0-11 on the campaign. The Jaguars host Clover Garden School (Burlington, NC) to confront the Grizzlies in a non-league game on Friday, January 31. The Grizzlies go into the game with a record of 3-8. Clover Garden School lost 32-23 in their recent non-league game against Southern Wake Academy (Holly Springs, NC)