The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Beloit Memorial Purple Knights (Beloit, WI) and the host Madison West Regents (Madison, WI), observed Beloit Memorial's basketball team edge Madison West by a score of 75-74.

The Purple Knights (9-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Badger (Lake Geneva, WI). The Badgers come into the Southern Lakes challenge with a 6-6 record. In their last challenge, Badger edged Cudahy (Cudahy, WI), 88-59, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Regents encounter the Vel Phillips Memorial Spartans (Madison, WI) in a Big Eight challenge, on Thursday, January 16. Madison West will attempt to improve on its 3-8 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 8-2 record after their 78-51 league win over Janesville Craig (Janesville, WI).