The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Tolono Unity Rockets (Tolono, IL) and the host Pontiac Indians (Pontiac, IL), observed Tolono Unity's basketball team edge Pontiac by a score of 42-41.

The Rockets (13-11) will now prepare for their challenge against Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe, IL). The Grey Ghosts come into the Illini Prairie challenge with a 17-6 record. In their last challenge, Illinois Valley Central edged Prairie Central (Fairbury, IL), 57-38, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians encounter the Morris Redskins (Morris, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 30. Pontiac will attempt to improve on its 11-13 season record. The Redskins come into the challenge with a 19-3 record after their 52-42 non-league win over Kankakee (Kankakee, IL).