In Thursday's league outing, the Girard Academic Music Program Pioneers (Philadelphia, PA) basketball squad edged the visiting Science Leadership Academy (Philadelphia, PA), by a count of 57-50.

The Pioneers (10-3) will now prepare for their outing against Mastery Charter North - Pickett (Philadelphia, PA). The Pumas go into the non-league outing with a 3-13 record. In their last outing, Mastery Charter North - Pickett held off Mastery Charter South co-op [Mastery Charter Lenfest/Mastery Charter Thomas] (Philadelphia, PA), 61-18, in a non-league outing.

The now hold a 8-10 record. They play next when they travel to South Philadelphia for a non-league outing on Friday, February 3. Science Leadership Academy will clash with a Rams squad coming off a 70-43 league loss to Boys' Latin Charter (Philadelphia, PA). The Rams record now stands at 1-13.