Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes (Monroe, GA) and the visiting Stephens County Indians (Toccoa, GA), saw Monroe Area's basketball squad knock off Stephens County by a count of 46-26.

With the victory, Monroe Area upgrades its record to 21-7 on the campaign. The Purple Hurricanes travel to Douglass (Atlanta, GA) to play the Astros in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, February 21. The Astros come into the challenge with a record of 14-10. Douglass won 79-28 in their recent league challenge against Carver (Atlanta, GA)