In Thursday's league outing, the Putnam County Panthers (Granville, IL) basketball squad nipped the host Roanoke-Benson Rockets (Roanoke, IL), by a margin of 38-32.

The Panthers (14-7) will now prepare for their outing against Seneca (Seneca, IL). The Fighting Irish go into the Tri-County outing with a 15-6 record. In their last outing, Seneca got by Midland (Varna, IL), 57-21, in a league outing.

The Rockets now own a 8-8 record. They play next when they travel to Peoria Heights for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 7. Roanoke-Benson will encounter a Patriots squad coming off a 58-42 non-league loss to Princeville (Princeville, IL). The Patriots record now stands at 8-9.