The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Manual Thunderbolts (Denver, CO) and the visiting Rocky Mountain Prep SMART Ocelotls (Denver, CO), observed Manual's basketball team overwhelm Rocky Mountain Prep SMART by a score of 72-18.

The Thunderbolts (5-2) will now prepare for their challenge against KIPP Denver Collegiate (Denver, CO). The White Tigers come into the 4A/3A City challenge with a 2-3 record. In their last challenge, KIPP Denver Collegiate was routed by DSST: Cedar (Denver, CO), 81-40, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Ocelotls encounter the Regis Groff Fusion (Denver, CO) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 8. Rocky Mountain Prep SMART will attempt to improve on its 2-5 season record. The Fusion come into the challenge with a 4-4 record after their 61-52 non-league win over Arrupe Jesuit (Denver, CO).