The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Goode STEM Academy Knights (Chicago, IL) and the visiting Excel Academy of Englewood Bulls (Chicago, IL), observed Goode STEM Academy's basketball team overcome Excel Academy of Englewood by a score of 42-26.

The Knights (7-2) will now prepare for their challenge against South Shore International (Chicago, IL). The Tars come into the non-league challenge with a 0-10 record. In their last challenge, South Shore International dropped by Harlan (Chicago, IL), 46-34, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulls battle the Chicago Military Academy Eagles (Chicago, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Excel Academy of Englewood will attempt to improve on its 0-2 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 64-58 league loss to Bowen (Chicago, IL).