The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Normal Community Ironmen (Normal, IL) and the visiting East Moline United Panthers (East Moline, IL), observed Normal Community's basketball team overwhelm East Moline United by a score of 62-18.

The Ironmen (15-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Peoria (Peoria, IL). The Lions come into the Big Twelve challenge with a 0-15 record. In their last challenge, Peoria was routed by East Peoria (East Peoria, IL), 65-33, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Pekin Dragons (Pekin, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 6. East Moline United will attempt to improve on its 0-15 season record. The Dragons come into the challenge with a 8-8 record after their 41-38 non-league win over Galesburg (Galesburg, IL).