In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Litchfield Purple Panthers (Litchfield, IL) basketball squad beat the visiting Mt. Olive Wildcats (Mt. Olive, IL), by a count of 39-23.

The Purple Panthers (5-13) will now prepare for their outing against Gillespie (Gillespie, IL). The Miners go into the South Central outing with a 10-8 record. In their last outing, Gillespie was topped by Carlinville (Carlinville, IL), 40-30, in a non-league outing.

The Wildcats now hold a 2-10 record. They play next when they travel to Brownstown for a non-league outing on Thursday, January 5. Mt. Olive will clash with a Bombers squad coming off a 60-38 non-league loss to Nokomis (Nokomis, IL). The Bombers record now stands at 12-6.