Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Citizens Christian Academy Patriots (Douglas, GA) and the host Echols County Wildcats (Statenville, GA), saw Citizens Christian Academy's basketball squad overcome Echols County by a tally of 61-53.

With the victory, Citizens Christian Academy improves its record to 13-11 on the campaign. The Patriots host Southwest Georgia Academy (Damascus, GA) to confront the Warriors in a GIAA AA Region 3 challenge on Friday, February 9. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 10-13. Southwest Georgia Academy lost 69-65 in their recent non-league challenge against Terrell Academy (Dawson, GA)

Next up, the Wildcats confront the Charlton County Indians (Folkston, GA) in a A D2 Region 2 challenge, on Friday, February 9. Echols County will attempt to improve on its 2-15 season record. The Indians come into the challenge with a 12-12 record after their 63-58 league loss to Atkinson County (Pearson, GA).