The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Pattonsburg Panthers (Pattonsburg, MO) and the host St. Joseph Christian Lions (St. Joseph, MO), observed Pattonsburg's basketball team overwhelm St. Joseph Christian by a margin of 34-13.

The Panthers (3-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Mercer (Mercer, MO). The Cardinals come into the non-league challenge with a 1-5 record. In their last challenge, Mercer was trounced by Princeton (Princeton, MO), 60-31, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions battle the Albany Warriors (Albany, MO) in a Grand River West challenge, on Friday, January 10. St. Joseph Christian will attempt to better on its 1-9 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 8-2 record after their 32-28 league win over King City (King City, MO).