The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Bettye Davis East Anchorage Thunderbirds (Anchorage, AK) and the host Lathrop Malemutes (Fairbanks, AK), observed Bettye Davis East Anchorage's basketball team knock off Lathrop by a score of 70-50.

The Thunderbirds (15-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Eagle River (Eagle River, AK). The Wolves come into the 4A Cook Inlet challenge with a 1-11 record. In their last challenge, Eagle River dropped by Dimond (Anchorage, AK), 66-32, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Malemutes encounter the West Valley Wolf Pack (Fairbanks, AK) in a 4A Mid Alaska challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Lathrop will attempt to improve on its 10-8 season record. The Wolf Pack come into the challenge with a 13-6 record after their 43-41 non-league loss to Bettye Davis East Anchorage (Anchorage, AK).