The Winston-Salem Christian National Lions (Winston-Salem, NC) basketball nipped the host Example Academy National Eagles (Frankfort, IL), 54-50 in Sunday's non-league test.

The Lions (27-6) will now prepare for their test against Quality Education Academy (Winston-Salem, NC). The Fighting Pharaohs go into the National Independent - South test with a 14-9 record. In their last test, Quality Education Academy was tipped by Winston-Salem Christian (Winston-Salem, NC), 58-56, in a non-league test.

The Eagles now own a 13-8 record. They play next when they host SPIRE Institute for a non-league test on Sunday, February 25. Example Academy National will encounter a SPIRE squad coming off a 67-58 non-league win over Western Reserve Academy (Hudson, OH). The SPIRE record now stands at 12-4.