The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Lincoln Prep Lightning (Chandler, AZ) and the host Santa Cruz Valley Dust Devils (Eloy, AZ), observed Lincoln Prep's basketball team overwhelm Santa Cruz Valley by a score of 46-17.

The Lightning (4-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Leading Edge Academy - GEC (Gilbert, AZ). The Spartans come into the 2A East challenge with a 8-2 record. In their last challenge, Leading Edge Academy - GEC trounced Bisbee (Bisbee, AZ), 62-60, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Dust Devils battle the Heritage Academy Heroes (Laveen, AZ) in a 2A Valley challenge, on Friday, January 10. Santa Cruz Valley will attempt to improve on its 2-6 season record. The Heroes come into the challenge with a 1-8 record after their 34-27 non-league win over San Tan Charter (Gilbert, AZ).