The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the West Bloomfield Lakers (West Bloomfield, MI) and the visiting Renaissance Phoenix (Detroit, MI), observed West Bloomfield's basketball team edge Renaissance by a score of 72-69.

The Lakers (5-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Ferndale (Ferndale, MI). The Eagles come into the Oakland - Red challenge with a 2-8 record. In their last challenge, Ferndale was tipped by Summit Academy North (Romulus, MI), 54-52, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Phoenix encounter the 21st Century Charter Cougars (Gary, IN) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 2. Renaissance will attempt to improve on its 4-4 season record. The Cougars come into the challenge with a 7-2 record after their 80-78 non-league win over Hammond Morton (Hammond, IN).