The Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane (Fitzgerald, GA) basketball crushed the host Wilcox County Patriots (Rochelle, GA), 63-24 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Purple Hurricane now possess a 5-1 record. They play next when they travel to Cook for a non-league bout on Friday, December 27. Fitzgerald will play a Hornets team coming off a 98-25 non-league loss to Worth County (Sylvester, GA). The Hornets record now stands at 2-9.

With the loss, Wilcox County falls to 1-6 on the campaign. The Patriots travel to Montgomery County (Mt. Vernon, GA) to play the Eagles in a A D2 Region 4 bout on Friday, January 3. The Eagles go into the bout with a record of 4-5.