The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Lincoln Railsplitters (Lincoln, IL) and the visiting Normal University Pioneers (Normal, IL), observed Lincoln's basketball team edge Normal University by a score of 37-32.

The Railsplitters (11-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Rock Island (Rock Island, IL). The Rocks come into the non-league challenge with a 20-2 record. In their last challenge, Rock Island edged Galesburg (Galesburg, IL), 73-50, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Pioneers battle the Bloomington Central Catholic Saints (Bloomington, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 25. Normal University will attempt to improve on its 12-11 season record. The Saints come into the challenge with a 11-9 record after their 64-49 league win over Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe, IL).