In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Taylorville Tornadoes (Taylorville, IL) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Litchfield Purple Panthers (Litchfield, IL), by a margin of 50-25.

The Tornadoes (18-5) will now prepare for their outing against Lincoln (Lincoln, IL). The Railsplitters go into the non-league outing with a 25-0 record. In their last outing, Lincoln smashed Springfield (Springfield, IL), 74-25, in a league outing.

The Purple Panthers now own a 3-21 record. They play next when they travel to Pana for a South Central outing on Thursday, January 25. Litchfield will clash with a Panthers squad coming off a 65-26 non-league loss to Sullivan (Sullivan, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 4-21.