The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Carterville Lions (Carterville, IL) and the visiting Herrin Tigers (Herrin, IL), observed Carterville's basketball team edge Herrin by a score of 37-33.

The Lions (6-13) will now prepare for their challenge against DuQuoin (DuQuoin, IL). The Indians come into the non-league challenge with a 9-9 record. In their last challenge, DuQuoin was tipped by Benton (Benton, IL), 55-53, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Benton Rangers (Benton, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 16. Herrin will attempt to improve on its 7-12 season record. The Rangers come into the challenge with a 7-10 record after their 55-53 league win over DuQuoin (DuQuoin, IL).