The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Cornerstone Christian Cyclones (Bloomington, IL) and the host Olympia Spartans (Stanford, IL), observed Cornerstone Christian's basketball team edge Olympia by a score of 49-47.

The Cyclones (4-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Urbana University (Urbana, IL). The Illineks come into the East Central Illinois challenge with a 1-15 record. In their last bout, Urbana University was edged by Hoopeston (Hoopeston, IL), 73-39, in a non-league bout.

With the loss, Olympia falls to 7-8 on the campaign. The Spartans travel to Monticello (Monticello, IL) to play the Sages in a non-league bout on Tuesday, January 21. The Sages go into the bout with a record of 10-8. Monticello won 48-45 in their recent non-league bout against Maroa-Forsyth (Maroa, IL)