The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Branchville Yellow Jackets (Branchville, SC) and the host Scott's Branch Eagles (Summerton, SC), observed Branchville's basketball team edge Scott's Branch by a margin of 64-61.

The Yellow Jackets (4-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Military Magnet Academy (North Charleston, SC). The Eagles come into the A Region 5 challenge with a 5-11 record. In their last challenge, Military Magnet Academy was tipped by Bethune-Bowman (Orangeburg, SC), 70-48, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the St. John's Islanders (John's Island, SC) in a A Region 5 challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Scott's Branch will attempt to better on its 4-10 season record. The Islanders come into the challenge with a 1-12 record after their 73-31 league loss to Baptist Hill (Hollywood, SC).