The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Thatcher Eagles (Thatcher, AZ) and the host Empire Ravens (Tucson, AZ), observed Thatcher's basketball team edge Empire by a margin of 49-48.

In their next game, the Ravens battle the Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Lions (Tucson, AZ) in a challenge, on Thursday, February 6. Empire will attempt to better on its 8-7 season record. The Lions come into the challenge with a 12-3 record after their 60-57 league win over Safford (Safford, AZ).