Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Highlands Highlanders (Highlands, NC) and the host Nantahala Hawks (Topton, NC), saw Highlands's basketball squad wallop Nantahala by a tally of 63-15.

With the victory, Highlands improves its record to 17-6 on the campaign. The Highlanders travel to Hiwassee Dam (Murphy, NC) to confront the Eagles in a non-league challenge on Thursday, February 16. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 14-11. Hiwassee Dam won 84-47 in their recent non-league challenge against Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC)