The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Lincoln Lions (Gahanna, OH) and the host New Albany Eagles (New Albany, OH), observed Lincoln's basketball team edge New Albany by a score of 48-46.

The Lions (7-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Africentric Early College (Columbus, OH). The Nubians come into the non-league challenge with a 16-1 record. In their last challenge, Africentric Early College edged Walnut Ridge (Columbus, OH), 68-58, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles encounter the Chillicothe Cavaliers (Chillicothe, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 1. New Albany will attempt to improve on its 13-3 season record. The Cavaliers come into the challenge with a 7-8 record after their 56-54 league win over Washington (Washington Court House, OH).