In Saturday's league outing, the South Portland Red Riots (South Portland, ME) basketball squad felled the host Thornton Academy Trojans (Saco, ME), by a margin of 52-44.

The Red Riots (2-6) will now prepare for their outing against Sanford (Sanford, ME). The Spartans go into the AA South outing with a 5-3 record. In their last outing, Sanford was beaten by Gorham (Gorham, ME), 84-55, in a league outing.

The Trojans now own a 5-6 record. They play next when they travel to Noble for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 9. Thornton Academy will clash with a Knights squad coming off a 81-59 league win over Kennebunk (Kennebunk, ME). The Knights record now stands at 8-2.