The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Lanier Longhorns (Sugar Hill, GA) and the host St. Francis Knights (Alpharetta, GA), observed Lanier's basketball team edge St. Francis by a score of 69-64.

The Longhorns (8-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Chattahoochee (Alpharetta, GA). The Cougars come into the AAAAA Region 7 challenge with a 9-7 record. In their last challenge, Chattahoochee edged South Forsyth (Cumming, GA), 79-55, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Knights encounter the Landmark Christian War Eagles (Fairburn, GA) in a A D1 Region 5 challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. St. Francis will attempt to improve on its 6-8 season record. The War Eagles come into the challenge with a 7-3 record after their 74-67 non-league win over Athens Christian (Athens, GA).