The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the La Porte Slicers (La Porte, IN) and the visiting Elkhart Lions (Elkhart, IN), observed La Porte's basketball team overcome Elkhart by a margin of 65-47.

The Slicers now possess a 8-4 record. They play next when they travel to Lake Central for a Duneland bout on Friday, January 10. La Porte will play a Indians team coming off a 63-43 non-league loss to Hammond Morton (Hammond, IN). The Indians record now stands at 2-7.

With the loss, Elkhart falls to 2-7 on the campaign. The Lions travel to Penn (Mishawaka, IN) to play the Kingsmen in a Northern Indiana bout on Friday, January 10. The Kingsmen go into the bout with a record of 4-5. Penn lost 59-55 in their recent non-league bout against East Chicago Central (East Chicago, IN)