The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Fort Walton Beach Vikings (Fort Walton Beach, FL) and the visiting Pensacola Tigers (Pensacola, FL), observed Fort Walton Beach's basketball team overcome Pensacola by a margin of 45-28.

The Vikings (7-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Bay (Panama City, FL). The Tornadoes come into the non-league challenge with a 1-2 record. In their last challenge, Bay dropped by Fort Walton Beach (Fort Walton Beach, FL), 79-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the West Florida Jaguars (Pensacola, FL) in a challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Pensacola will attempt to better on its 1-1 season record.