The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Roger Bacon Spartans (Cincinnati, OH) and the host Norwood Indians (Norwood, OH), observed Roger Bacon's basketball team edge Norwood by a score of 44-38.

The Spartans (5-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Northwest (Cincinnati, OH). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 1-10 record. In their last challenge, Northwest was tipped by North College Hill (Cincinnati, OH), 39-37, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians encounter the Woodward Bulldogs (Cincinnati, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 6. Norwood will attempt to improve on its 4-7 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 9-3 record after their 52-45 non-league loss to Summit Country Day (Cincinnati, OH).