The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Monroe Cheesemakers (Monroe, WI) and the visiting Evansville Blue Devils (Evansville, WI), observed Monroe's basketball team edge Evansville by a score of 44-42.

The Cheesemakers (8-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Darlington (Darlington, WI). The Redbirds come into the non-league challenge with a 13-3 record. In their last challenge, Darlington edged New Glarus (New Glarus, WI), 81-73, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Blue Devils battle the Whitewater Whippets (Whitewater, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 30. Evansville will attempt to improve on its 5-12 season record. The Whippets come into the challenge with a 1-13 record after their 81-31 non-league loss to Burlington (Burlington, WI).