In Friday's league outing, the Lithia Springs Lions (Lithia Springs, GA) basketball squad nipped the host Banneker Trojans (College Park, GA), by a margin of 43-42.

The Lions (13-10) will now prepare for their outing against Chapel Hill (Douglasville, GA). The Panthers go into the AAAAA Region 5 outing with a 16-7 record. In their last outing, Chapel Hill was tipped by Mays (Atlanta, GA), 76-64, in a league outing.

The Trojans now own a 9-13 record. They play next when they travel to Creekside for a AAAAA Region 5 outing on Tuesday, February 6. Banneker will clash with a Seminoles squad coming off a 95-52 league loss to Jackson (Atlanta, GA). The Seminoles record now stands at 1-21.