The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Rome Wolves (Rome, GA) and the host Cartersville Hurricanes (Cartersville, GA), observed Rome's basketball team edge Cartersville by a score of 77-73.

The Wolves (10-3) will now prepare for their challenge against South Paulding (Douglasville, GA). The Spartans come into the AAAAA Region 5 challenge with a 10-4 record. In their last challenge, South Paulding edged Pope (Marietta, GA), 57-49, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hurricanes battle the Cedartown Bulldogs (Cedartown, GA) in a AAAA Region 7 challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Cartersville will attempt to improve on its 8-8 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 8-7 record after their 60-44 non-league win over Rockmart (Rockmart, GA).