The Praise Academy Lions were victorious over the visiting Hearts Academy Panthers basketball squad by a final score of 77-59 in Thursday's league outing.

Next, the Lions clash with the Notre Dame Academy Irish Wolfhounds (Duluth, GA) in a GAPPS - I-A Region 2 outing, on Tuesday, January 14. Praise Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 8-5 season record. The Irish Wolfhounds enter the outing with a 10-7 record after their 51-48 non-league win over Valley (Valley, AL).

The Panthers (5-7) will now prepare for their outing against Covington Academy (Covington, GA). The Bulldogs enter the non-league outing with a 5-3 record. In their last outing, Covington Academy was defeated by Young Americans Christian (Conyers, GA), 56-35, in a non-league outing.