The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Miami Country Day Spartans (Miami, FL) and the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders (Fort Lauderdale, FL), observed Miami Country Day's basketball team edge St. Thomas Aquinas by a margin of 54-48.

The Spartans (5-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Grace Christian (Sanford, NC). The Crusaders come into the non-league challenge with a 5-1 record. In their last challenge, Grace Christian edged Richmond (Rockingham, NC), 84-56, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders battle the Miami Christian Victors (Miami, FL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 7. St. Thomas Aquinas will attempt to better on its 2-3 season record. The Victors come into the challenge with a 4-2 record after their 50-25 non-league loss to Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale, FL).