The Mattoon Greenwave basketball squad (Mattoon, IL), was nudged 61-55 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting Taylorville Tornadoes (Taylorville, IL)

With the victory, Taylorville advances its record to 12-9 on the year. The Tornadoes travel to Rochester (Rochester, IL) to meet the Rockets in a non-league test on Tuesday, January 28. The Rockets come into the test with a record of 14-6. Rochester lost 61-39 in their recent non-league test against Centennial (Champaign, IL)

The Greenwave (5-16) will now prepare for their test against Pana (Pana, IL). The Panthers come into the non-league test with a 7-12 record. In their last test, Pana held off Hillsboro (Hillsboro, IL), 60-52, in a non-league test.