The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Shawnee Mission East Lancers (Shawnee Mission, KS) and the host Lawrence Lions (Lawrence, KS), observed Shawnee Mission East's basketball team edge Lawrence by a score of 47-42.

The Lancers (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Olathe Northwest (Olathe, KS). The Ravens come into the Sunflower challenge with a 0-2 record. In their last challenge, Olathe Northwest was tipped by Shawnee Mission South (Shawnee Mission, KS), 38-36, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions battle the Shawnee Mission Northwest Cougars (Shawnee Mission, KS) in a Sunflower challenge, on Friday, January 10. Lawrence will attempt to improve on its 3-2 season record.