The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Bloomington Purple Raiders (Bloomington, IL) and the host Danville Vikings (Danville, IL), observed Bloomington's basketball team edge Danville by a margin of 52-51.

The Purple Raiders (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Peoria Notre Dame (Peoria, IL). The Irish come into the challenge with a 11-7 record. In their last challenge, Peoria Notre Dame edged Richwoods (Peoria, IL), 83-76, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Vikings battle the Centennial Chargers (Champaign, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 22. Danville will attempt to better on its 0-2 season record.