The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Kennesaw Mountain Mustangs (Kennesaw, GA) and the host East Paulding Raiders (Dallas, GA), observed Kennesaw Mountain's basketball team overwhelm East Paulding by a score of 61-40.

The Mustangs (8-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Rome (Rome, GA). The Wolves come into the AAAAA Region 5 challenge with a 11-3 record. In their last challenge, Rome trounced South Paulding (Douglasville, GA), 54-47, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders encounter the South Paulding Spartans (Douglasville, GA) in a AAAAA Region 5 challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. East Paulding will attempt to improve on its 5-13 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 10-6 record after their 61-60 league loss to New Manchester (Douglasville, GA).