Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Southwest Georgia Academy Warriors (Damascus, GA) and the host Southland Academy Raiders (Americus, GA), saw Southwest Georgia Academy's basketball squad hold off Southland Academy by a tally of 41-36.

With the victory, Southwest Georgia Academy improves its record to 8-5 on the campaign. The Warriors host Southwest Georgia STEM Charter (Shellman, GA) to confront the Aggies in a non-league challenge on Friday, January 6. The Aggies come into the challenge with a record of 0-2. Southwest Georgia STEM Charter lost 54-1 in their recent non-league challenge against Westfield School (Perry, GA)

Next up, the Raiders confront the Valwood Valiants (Valdosta, GA) in a GIAA AAAA/AAA District 3 challenge, on Friday, January 6. Southland Academy will attempt to improve on its 11-1 season record. The Valiants come into the challenge with a 3-3 record after their 60-43 non-league win over Echols County (Statenville, GA).