Brad and James are in the holiday spirit for the final episode of 2024.

It's all basketball talk this week. Tupelo's boys have clearly improved since last season and are coming off a Lee County Tournament title and a region-opening win over Madison Central (1:32). Tupelo Christian's boys are off to a solid start as well under a new head coach (3:14). And Ripley's boys went on the road and beat Shannon in a region game (4:36).

Be sure to visit our Twitter page, @djournalsports, to vote for Athletes of the Week (7:25).